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1958 Map of Ardmore

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Ardmore
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

About this map

Ardmore straddles the state line where Alabama and Tennessee meet, serving as a focal point for the surrounding agricultural communities in the late 1950s. The Louisville and Nashville railroad cuts through the center of town, anchoring a landscape dotted with numerous rural congregations and family burial grounds. Notable landmarks include the Wooley Springs Sch, Mays Chapel, and the Delap-Clement Cem.

Cultural and historical markers are abundant throughout the quadrangle, from the Chickasaw Boundary near Pinney Creek to the mid-century drive-in theater at Pine Dale. The drainage of Limestone Creek and its tributaries, such as Little Limestone Creek and Sweetwater Branch, dictates the placement of settlements like Bethel and Cedar Hill. This survey captures the region just as modernization, represented by a local Substation, began to interface with the established rail-and-creek geography of the borderlands.