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1955 Map of Baxter

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Baxter
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

The town of Baxter serves as a central hub on this mid-1950s survey of the Upper Cumberland, where the Tennessee railroad line cuts through a landscape defined by deep hollows and narrow ridges. Educational and religious institutions are prominent, from the Baxter Seminary in town to the Junior Military Academy at Bloomington Springs. The rural landscape is densely dotted with family-named burial grounds like Odd Fellows Cem, Bartlett Cem, and Rogers Cem, reflecting generations of settlement along the waterways of Indian Creek and Martin Creek.

Transitioning from the northern Jackson Co Putnam Co boundary down to Boma, the map illustrates a network of small schools and chapels that once anchored these hollows. Features like Union Sch, Philadelphia Ch, and Stanton Chapel show the social geography of communities like Ensor and Gentry before significant 20th-century consolidation. The presence of a Radio Tower and Gravel Pit indicates the modest industrial and technological shifts reaching this part of Tennessee during the post-war era.