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1968 Map of Antioch

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Antioch
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Mill Creek winds through a landscape undergoing rapid suburban transformation, transitioning from the established residential streets of Glencliff and Providence to the rural south toward Pettus. The presence of the Nashville Metropolitan Airport and the sprawling grounds of the Central State Hospital dominate the northern terrain, while the Louisville and Nashville railroad corridor reinforces the area's role as a vital transportation hub for Middle Tennessee.

Genealogists will find significant value in the documentation of several family and community burial grounds, including the Whitsett Cem and Paragon Mills Cem. The map captures a moment when the eastern edge of the quadrangle is defined by the newly formed shoreline of the J Percy Priest Reservoir, showing how the impoundment altered the drainage of Couchville Creek. Scattered country churches like Whites Chapel and schools such as Antioch High Sch anchor the small, older crossroads communities that still dot the hillsides between Nolensville Road and Murfreesboro Road.