1950 Map of Camden

About this map

Camden serves as the focal point of this West Tennessee landscape, situated west of the expansive Kentucky Lake and the Tennessee River. The 1950 data, updated in the mid-1980s, reveals a rural infrastructure defined by small communities like Eva and Black Center, and a network of hollows such as Vick Hollow and Cat Hollow. The influence of the Tennessee Valley Authority is visible in the southern portion of the sheet, where a large Dewatering Area and a Pumping Station manage the water levels near Cypress Creek. Transportation is anchored by the Seaboard railroad line, which cuts through the southern terrain. For genealogists and local historians, the map is a dense record of community life, preserving the locations of numerous country churches and family burial grounds, including Bethlehem Cem, Blanchard Cem, and the Toll Chapel School.