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1941 Map of Cumberland Springs

Name: 1941 Topographic Map of Cumberland Springs
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1943
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1943

About this map

Lynchburg sits in the southwestern corner of this Tennessee landscape, where the rising hills meet the valley floor. During the early 1940s, the terrain transitions sharply from the complex network of hollows like Bobo Hollow and Duckworth Hollow in the west toward the flatter expanse known as The Barrens in the northeast. This period marks a significant military presence in the region, evidenced by the vast Camp Forrest Military Reservation occupying the upper right quadrant of the sheet.

Rural life is deeply ingrained in the geography through a dense network of schools and churches such as Smith Chapel, Hickory Hill Sch, and Ridgeville Sch. The map illustrates a strictly terrestrial economy of small settlements including Raysville, Pleasant Hill, and Bakertown, all linked by winding roads that follow the drainage of Mulberry Creek and Hurricane Creek. These details capture the local community structure shortly before post-war changes began to alter the traditional landscape of Moore and Coffee Counties.