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1946 Map of Clinton

Name: 1946 Topographic Map of Clinton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1946
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1946

About this map

Clinton sits at a critical junction of rail and river, where the Southern and Louisville And Nashville railroads parallel the winding Clinch River. This 1940s landscape is defined by the repetitive ridge-and-valley topography of eastern Tennessee, with named landforms like Blackoak Ridge and Pine Ridge separating narrow inhabited corridors. Small agrarian settlements and family nodes such as Dutch Valley, Leinarts, and Marlow are scattered throughout these corridors, often centered around local landmarks like Spessard Mill or rural congregations like New Salem Ch and Liberty Ch.

Genealogists will find a high density of family burial grounds, including Patterson Cem, Mc Kamey Cem, and Hutcheson Cem, alongside larger sites like Sunset Cem near the town center. The presence of the County Farm and College Hill indicates established civic and educational infrastructure. This era predates significant modern suburban expansion, showing the area as a series of distinct farming valleys linked by river crossings like the Edgemoor Bridge.