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1939 Map of Chuckey

Name: 1939 Topographic Map of Chuckey
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

The Nolichucky River carves a winding path through this region of East Tennessee, defining the landscape between the Quaker Knobs and Chestnut Ridge. This 1939 survey, updated with 1971 photorevisions, captures the rural character of Greene and Washington counties during a period of steady infrastructure growth. The Southern Railway and the Andrew Johnson Highway parallel each other through the northern half of the sheet, connecting settlements like Chuckey, Rheatown, and Afton.

Local history and genealogy are well-represented by a high density of rural institutions, including Stone Dam Ch, Ebenezer Ch, and Davy Crockett Sch. Significant land use is noted at the Greene Valley Mental Hospital near Tusculum, while the southern portion of the map transitions into the protected timberlands of the Cherokee National Forest. Several river islands, including Cane Island and Lost Island, appear along the river's bends near the Earnest Bridge.