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1958 Map of Cumberland Furnace

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Cumberland Furnace
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

About this map

Cumberland Furnace sits as a primary anchor in this 1958 survey, located at the edge of the iron-rich hills near Butcher Ridge. The landscape is deeply dissected by drainage systems like Big Bartons Creek and Louise Creek, which shaped the settlement patterns of Montgomery, Dickson, and Cheatham counties. The map documents a rural society built around small crossroads and family legacies, evidenced by the high density of private burial grounds such as Winkley Cem and Hagewood Cem.

Upland ridges like Chalk Ridge and Mt Herman separate the hollows where local life centered around institutions like Grays Chapel and Grandview Sch. The transition from industrial iron production to a more distributed agricultural economy is visible in the network of unimproved roads like Old Metal Road and Coaling Road, which once served the charcoal and ore needs of the furnaces that gave the area its name.