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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 serves as the focal point of this 1941 Tennessee Valley Authority survey, situated at the junction of Mulberry Creek and the surrounding hollows. The landscape transitions from the dense, dissected hills of the Highland Rim into the flatter terrain of The Barrens to the northeast, where the Camp Forrest Military Reservation occupies a significant portion of the sheet. This military presence, established just before the United States entered World War II, sits adjacent to the localized hub of Cumberland Springs.

Rural life is deeply documented through numerous community landmarks, including Hurricane Ch, Ridgeville Sch, and Turkey Creek Sch. Family-named geography is prominent throughout the drainages, with Bobo Hollow, Duckworth Hollow, and Patterson Hollow carving into the limestone plateaus. The map records a pre-war network of small settlements like Raysville, Pleasant Hill, and Bakertown, many of which were centered around local churches and schools that anchored these hollow communities.