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1951 Map of Brownsville

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

USGS Topo · Published 1951

About this map

Brownsville serves as the focal point for this West Tennessee survey, established as a major junction for the Louisville and Nashville railroad and historic thoroughfares like the Old Turnpike and the Broadway of America. The town's social fabric is visible through landmarks such as the County High Sch and the County Fairgrounds, while surrounding rural life centers on scattered institutions including Patton Sch and Lebanon Ch.

To the south, the terrain transforms into the expansive Hatchie Bottom, a wetland landscape dominated by the winding Hatchie River and a dense network of oxbow lakes, including Moon Lake, Horseshoe Lake, and Long Lake. This area shows the intersection of natural hydrology and early 20th-century transit, with small outposts like Shepp (Shepards Sta) and Cuthbert Switch marking the points where the rail line traverses the bottomlands.