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1936 Map of Campbellsville

Name: 1936 Topographic Map of Campbellsville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1936
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1936

About this map

The community of Campbellsville anchors this mid-1930s landscape, positioned at the edge of a rural network defined by its church congregations and school districts. The map documents a deeply established social geography, where rural life revolved around local landmarks like Mt Horeb Ch and Marcella Falls Ch. Genealogists will find significant value in the distribution of family-named burial grounds, including Yarbrough Cem, Kimbrough Cem, and Carter Cem, which provide a geographic record of the families settled along the county line.

Waterways like Big Creek, Weakly Creek, and Factory Creek dictate the settlement pattern, with numerous schools such as Oak Hill Sch and Pleasant Valley Sch serving the surrounding hollows. The boundary between Lawrence and Giles counties bisects the western portion of the sheet, illustrating how topographical features like Woodward Hollow and Buck Hollow shaped local movement and jurisdiction in the years following the Tennessee Valley Authority's establishment.