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1951 Map of Boonshill

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Boonshill
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1996
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1996

About this map

Swan Creek and its many tributaries, such as Little Swan Creek and Turney Branch, carve a complex network of valleys through this rural Tennessee landscape. This 1951 edition, updated with 1967 revisions, reveals a community structure centered on local gathering places and small settlements. Clusters of civic life are evident at Boonshill, home to the Boonshill Sch, and in outlying areas where family names define the terrain, from Reed Hollow to Sawyer Hollow.

The presence of numerous small burying grounds like Cathey Cem, Childress Cem, and Sugg Cem alongside rural congregations such as Lebanon Ch and East Cyruston Church provides significant data for genealogical research. Further south, the Elk River winds past Hovis Bend and Pitts bend, where a Ford once facilitated movement across the water. The map documents the persistent agricultural and social patterns of Lincoln County before modern infrastructure reshaped these rural hollows.