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2016 Map of Buffalo Valley

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Buffalo Valley
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

The Caney Fork river winds through a landscape of deep hollows and high ridges at the convergence of Smith, Putnam, and DeKalb counties. This 2016 survey documents the rural character of communities like Chestnut Mound and Buffalo Valley, where the terrain dictates the layout of roads and settlements. Near the river's path, named points such as Bettys Bend, Sebowisha, and Laycock Bridge indicate a long history of river-dependent habitation.

Genealogists will find a wealth of family-named landmarks and cemeteries scattered across the topography, including Maddux Cem, Huddleston Cem, and Dickens Cem. The northern portion of the map is influenced by the waters of the Cordell Hull Reservoir, while smaller drainage patterns like Hurricane Cr and Little Indian Cr carve through the numerous named hollows such as Jonesboro Hollow and Ferguson Hollow. This detail provides a clear view of the area's twentieth-century land use and persistent rural settlement patterns.