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1953 Map of Claybrook

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Claybrook
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

About this map

The Broadway Of America cuts a prominent diagonal across this Madison County landscape, reflecting the post-war transition of rural Tennessee. The area is defined by a dense network of community anchors, notably a high concentration of country churches and local schools. Settlements like Claybrook serve as focal points for the surrounding agricultural tracts, where the terrain is drained by numerous winding waterways including Cotton Grove Creek, Trace Creek, and Spring Creek.

Genealogists will find significant value in the distribution of family and community landmarks, from the Salem Cem in the northwest to the Tri-Community Sch in the southwest. The presence of multiple schoolhouses, such as Progress Sch and Brown Sch, alongside various denominational centers like Liberty Ch and Mt Carmel Ch, offers a clear view of the social geography before mid-century school consolidations changed the rural fabric of the region.