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2019 Map of Clifton

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Clifton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

The Tennessee River and Kentucky Lake dominate this landscape, winding through a complex network of ridges and hollows at the borders of Decatur, Perry, and Wayne counties. The settlement of Clifton serves as the primary hub, situated near the riverbanks where Haggard Hollow and Buckeye Branch meet the water. To the north, the elevated Kittrell Ridge and the prominent New Era Bluff overlook the river valley, marking the transition from the waterway to the deeply dissected interior.

Genealogists and local historians will find a high density of burial sites across the terrain, including family-specific locations like the Henry Culp Family Plot and several individual markers such as Flippo Grave and Ryan Childs Grave. The map preserves the locations of many small rural cemeteries, including the Methodist Camp Ground Cem and Nunnley Ford Cem, which anchor the histories of the surrounding hollows. In the east, Carrollville Hill rises near the river, while names like Mooney represent the small communities scattered throughout the ridge country.