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1936 Map of Boonshill

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

USGS Topo · Published 1936

About this map

Boonshill and its neighboring rural communities are captured here during a period of infrastructure expansion in mid-1930s Middle Tennessee. The landscape is defined by the winding course of the Elk River, which carves deep loops at Hovey Bend and Pitts Bend in the southern portion of the quadrangle. A significant focus of this survey is the emerging utility network, evidenced by the prominent Electric Membership Corp Line and the TEP Co Power Plant near Harms.

Genealogists will find a high density of family-named landmarks, from the Cathey Cem and Crawford Cem to numerous country schools like Bethel Sch and Egam Sch. The presence of the Lincoln County Quarry and the Trans Continental and Western Air Line flight path indicates how traditional river-bottom farming was being intersected by modern industrial and transport demands just before the second World War.