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2010 Map of Church Hill

Name: 2010 Topographic Map of Church Hill
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2010
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

Church Hill and Chapman anchor this Rusk County landscape, which is defined by a dense network of family-named cemeteries and rural watercourses. The territory is heavily marked by the legacy of local families, visible in the distribution of the Wright Cemetery, Wasson Cemetery, and Turner Cemetery. These burial grounds are often situated near the drainage systems of Dorsett Creek and Dry Creek, reflecting early settlement patterns along the region's intermittent streams.

Water management is a central feature of the modern landscape, with several engineered bodies such as Lake Roman and T P Cannon Lake appearing alongside older landmarks like New Prospect. The map provides a detailed look at the rural infrastructure at the start of the decade, showing the placement of the Shaw Lake Dam and Roman Lake Dam amidst the winding branches of the Terry Lewis Branch and Wasson Branch.