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1935 Map of Calderwood

Name: 1935 Topographic Map of Calderwood
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1935
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1935

About this map

Calderwood stands at the base of the mountains along the Little Tennessee River in this 1935 Tennessee Valley Authority and USGS advance sheet. The map documents a pivotal moment of industrial development in the Southern Appalachians, marked by the prominent Aluminum Company of America Transmission Line cutting through the landscape. This infrastructure supported the nearby aluminum production that defined the local economy during the mid-1930s.

North of the river, the terrain rises into Chilhowee Mountain and the broad expanse of Happy Valley. The map records several family-named drainages and geographic features like Strawberry Hollow, Cedar Hollow, and Watkin Hollow. On the higher ridges, landmarks such as Redtop Ch and the edge of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park illustrate the overlap of settled community life and newly established federal conservation lands during the New Deal era.