2019 Map of Buchanan

About this map

The rolling hills of Henry County, Tennessee, meet the Kentucky border in this recent survey of the Tennessee River Valley's agricultural hinterland. Tiny communities like Mount Pleasant and Buchanan anchor a landscape defined by an extensive network of family cemeteries and rural churches, including the Blood River Church. The terrain is deeply etched by a system of creeks and drainage projects, such as the N Fork Blood River Drainage Ditch and S Fork Blood River Drainage Ditch, which manage the low-lying areas between Owens Hill and Pine Hill. For genealogists, the map provides an exceptionally dense concentration of family burial sites, from the Old Soldiers Cem to the Valentine Cem, scattered along backcountry routes like Tobacco Stick Dr and Dogwood Thicket RD. This pattern of small-scale settlement and private burial grounds reflects a long-standing tradition of multi-generational land ownership and localized community centers that persists even in the 21st century.