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1936 Map of Aspen Hill

Name: 1936 Topographic Map of Aspen Hill
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1936
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1936

About this map

Giles County agriculture and rural industry center on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad corridor during this 1936 Tennessee Valley Authority and USGS collaboration. The rail line serves the established community of Aspen Hill and the Prospect Station Post Office in the south, while the surrounding landscape is defined by a high density of country schools and churches. Features like Beasley Chapel School, Willow Grove School, and New Zion Church suggest a tightly knit social fabric organized around the numerous hollows and creek branches.

Waterways like Richland Creek and the East Fork Shoal Creek dictate the placement of early settlements and family stores, including Tarpleys Store. The map captures the region just as modern infrastructure begins to appear, shown by the Tennessee Electric Power Company Transmission Line cutting across the southern terrain near Winding Stair Bluff. Genealogists will find significant value in the numerous family-named landmarks and burial grounds such as Kimbrough Cem and Anthony Cem.