1968 Map of Dale Hollow Dam

About this map

The Obey River and the massive impoundment of Dale Hollow Lake dominate this landscape along the Tennessee and Kentucky border. This study, field checked in the late 1960s with purple revisions from the mid-1970s, captures the region's infrastructure centered on the Dale Hollow Dam and the adjacent Dale Hollow Fish Hatchery. The town of Celina sits at the western edge of the map, where the river winds through deep bends like Walker Bend and Peterman Bend. Away from the water, the terrain rises sharply into ridges such as Peak Ridge and Swann Ridge, marked by high points like Pilot Knob. Local commerce and community life are represented by Thompsons Store and rural congregations at Rock Springs Ch and Cave Springs Ch, while numerous family cemeteries like Donaldson Cem and Key Cem dot the hollows.