1945 Map of Bridgeport

About this map

Bridgeport serves as a vital junction along the Tennessee River during the mid-1940s, where the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis RR crosses the broad waters of Guntersville Lake. The landscape is dominated by the transition from the river valley to the heights of Sand Mountain and Hogjaw Valley, revealing a rural pattern of life centered around small family-named landmarks and institutions. Genealogists will find a wealth of specific sites, from the Kirkpatrick Cem and James Cem to remote country schools like Long Island Sch and Crescent Hill Sch. Across the river, the Guntersville Reservation boundary marks significant public land management. Settlement is clustered at Richard City and South Pittsburg near the state line, while the southern reaches of the sheet show a more dispersed pattern of farms and mountain churches such as Harris Chapel and Mt Perron Ch.