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1939 Map of Blountville

Name: 1939 Topographic Map of Blountville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1939
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1939

About this map

Blountville serves as the focal point of this late 1930s survey, showing the community just before the rapid post-war changes in East Tennessee. The town center is clearly marked by the Court House, while the surrounding landscape is defined by a dense network of country schools and churches that speak to the rural social structure of Sullivan County. Landmarks like the County Farm and Fraley Institute provide a glimpse into the civic and educational institutions of the era.

Transportation is dominated by the Lee Highway cutting through the terrain, with the Southern railroad line running along Beaver Creek. The topography is a series of distinct ridges and valleys, including Akard Ridge and Rich Valley, which dictated the placement of settlements like Beechnut and Leonard. Numerous cemeteries, such as Latture Cem and Johnson Cem, are preserved on this sheet, providing valuable data for genealogical research in this border region between Tennessee and Virginia.