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1935 Map of Blockhouse

Name: 1935 Topographic Map of Blockhouse
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1935
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1935

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Montvale Springs and the southern edge of Maryville anchor this 1935 Tennessee Valley Authority survey of Blount County. The landscape is defined by the rise of Chilhowee Mountain and the northwestern boundary of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, where the terrain transitions from the settled valley floor to the ridgelines at Ellis Knob and Murray Gap.

A network of rural institutions is meticulously documented, from the Lutheran Ch and Peck Chapel to the Sixmile Cem near the Sixmile settlement. This era shows the local infrastructure of schools like Chilhowee View Sch and Law Chapel Sch before major modern development. Waterways such as Pistol Creek and Crooked Creek drain the slopes, while the southern reaches include Sidney Lanier Lake and a Lookout Tower positioned for forest observation.