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1936 Map of Booneville

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

USGS Topo · Published 1936

About this map

The Tennessee Valley Authority and U.S. Geological Survey captured this mid-1930s landscape of southern Middle Tennessee, where the boundaries of Bedford, Moore, and Lincoln counties converge. The drainage system is dominated by the West Fork Mulberry Creek and its many tributaries like Possumtrot Branch and Polecat Creek. These waterways dictated the settlement patterns of rural communities such as New Herman, Screamersville, and Booneville.

Social life in this era centered on small rural institutions, evidenced by the numerous mapped schoolhouses and houses of worship. Genealogists can locate Charity Sch, Buckeye Sch, and the Black Bottom Sch, along with Mt Moriah Ch and Charity Ch. The map also traces the early infrastructure of the region, including State Highway No 82 and the Duck River Elec Mem Corp Trans Line, signaling the arrival of modern utilities to these agricultural hollows.