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1949 Map of Chapel Hill

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Chapel Hill
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

About this map

Riggs Crossroads and the surrounding farmland sit at a geographic intersection where Marshall, Williamson, and Rutherford counties meet. This 1949 survey, with revisions through the late 1970s, captures a landscape defined by small rural hubs and the Louisville and Nashville railroad corridor. The terrain transitions from the elevations of the Tennessee Valley Divide and Buckeye Ridge in the north toward the flatter basins of Lick Creek and Plum Branch in the south.

Genealogical interest is high throughout this quadrangle, as evidenced by the dense concentration of family burial grounds and community landmarks. Researchers can identify Mairs Hill Cem, Beasley Cem, and Fagan Cem, alongside central gathering points like Egypt Ch and the Holtland (PO). The presence of both the Eagleville Sch and Flat Creek Sch illustrates the distribution of local education before the era of widespread school consolidation.