2010 Map of Chestnut Bluff

About this map

The South Fork Forked Deer River meanders through this West Tennessee landscape, creating a complex network of wetlands and channels including Halls Creek, Tisdale Creek, and Black Creek. This 2010 survey highlights a rural geography defined by its cemeteries, which serve as critical markers for local genealogists. Family-named burial grounds like Young Cemetery, Brooks Cemetery, and Albritton Cemetery are scattered throughout the quadrangle, often situated near historic road crossings. The topography is largely low-lying river bottomland, evidenced by features such as Island Number Six and the crossing at Chestnut Bluff Bridge. The map details a transition from the riparian environment near Bettis Lake to the higher ground of Happy Hollow, illustrating how early settlement patterns followed the slightly elevated ridges between the drainage basins of Bear Creek and Nixon Creek.