1950 Map of Chesterfield

About this map

The community of Chesterfield anchors the southeastern corner of this West Tennessee landscape as it appeared in the early 1950s. Much of the northern terrain is defined by the Natchez Trace State Park and Forest, where Browns Creek Lake and numerous creek branches like Haley Creek and Harmon Creek carve through the wooded hills. This era shows a transition in local infrastructure, notably the presence of a Dismantled RR running through the town and the Franklin-Wilkins Airfield to the west.