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1936 Map of Ausmus

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

USGS Topo · Published 1936

About this map

CCC Camp TVA No 15 stands near the southern reaches of the Powell River, reflecting a landscape in massive transition during the mid-1930s. This survey captures the valley as the Norris Reservoir begins to define the terrain, its rising waters snaking through deep hollows and around Lead Mine Bend. The map documents a rural society deeply rooted in small-scale industry and community, evidenced by numerous mills like Russell Mill and Williams Mill, and a high density of neighborhood institutions including Leatherwood Sch and Pleasant Hill Ch.

Family names and early settlements are preserved here, from Yoakum Crossroads to the trading point at Stiner Store. The intricate network of hollows—such as Williams Hollow and Sharp Hollow—suggests a fragmented but connected agricultural layout. For genealogists, the abundance of small family burial grounds like Ausmus Cem and Big Barren Cem provides a precise spatial record of the Claiborne Union area before modern development altered these historic ridges.