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1950 Map of Bonnertown

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Bonnertown
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

Five Points serves as a central hub in this post-war landscape where the Tennessee Alabama state line meets the southern border of Lawrence County. The map reveals a deeply etched rural network defined by its small schoolhouses and family cemeteries, suggesting a community closely tied to the land and local parishes. To the north, Steadman Ridge dominates the topography, while the eastern edge is marked by the winding course of the West Fork Sugar Creek.

Industry and transport are captured through features like Bird Mill on the Idaho Branch and the historic Old Rabbit Trail Road cutting through the center of the quadrangle. Significant for genealogists, the map preserves the locations of many local landmarks such as Home Sweet Home Cem, St Truitt Cem, and the Blooming Grove School. From the small settlement of Bonnertown to the scattered farms near Idaho, this 1950 field examination documents the era's agrarian character before modern development.