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1939 Map of Davy Crockett Lake

Name: 1939 Topographic Map of Davy Crockett Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

About this map

Davy Crockett Lake sits at the heart of this landscape, formed by the Greeneville Dam along the winding Nolichucky River. The map reveals a deeply settled rural corridor in Greene County during the late 1930s, where small community life is documented through a dense network of country schools like Sunnydale Sch and Links Sch, and numerous local churches such as Amity Ch and Bethesda Ch. Industry and institutional presence are visible at Staunton Mill and the Experiment Station, while the Orphanage near Camp Creek Sch speaks to the social history of the era.

The topography transitions sharply into the Cherokee National Forest and the rising slopes of Short Mountain and Greene Mountain. High mountain gaps like Cutshaw Gap and Woolsey Gap provide historical passage through the Bald Mountains toward the North Carolina border. Family-named landmarks such as Taylor Knob and the Price Cem provide specific points of interest for genealogists tracing ancestors in this river-and-ridge territory.