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1950 Map of Buena Vista

USGS Topo · Published 1974

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The Tennessee Valley Divide snakes through this Carroll County landscape, separating the intricate drainage networks that define local settlement patterns. In the mid-century era, the small community of Westport serves as a central point along the Louisville and Nashville railroad, surrounded by family-named landmarks and rural congregations like Williams Chapel and Mud Creek Church. The eastern portion of the map is dominated by the dense woodlands of the Natchez Trace State Park and Forest, where the terrain drops toward the Big Sandy River Drainage Canal. Systematic water management is evident throughout the region, seen in the engineered paths of the Bacon Drainage Canal and Beaver Creek Drainage Canal, which were designed to reclaim the low-lying bottomlands of Goose Pond Swamp and Bradford Swamp for agricultural use.

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Map Details

Date Portrayed1950
Date Published1974
PublisherU.S. Geological Survey
Map TypeTopographic
Scale1:24,000
Physical Dimensions22 x 27.4 inches

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SourceU.S. Geological Survey
CopyrightPublic Domain