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1951 Map of Deason

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Deason
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1951
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1951

About this map

Shelbyville serves as the southern anchor of this Tennessee landscape, where the Florida Short Route and Midland Pike connect rural communities across the rolling countryside of Bedford and Rutherford counties. The terrain is defined by the Tennessee Valley Divide and prominent elevations like Horse Mountain and Mingle Hill. The map reveals a dense network of family heritage markers, with numerous small burial grounds such as Houston-Whitworth Cemetery and Mespurvis Cemetery scattered near waterways like Hurricane Creek and Fall Creek.

Academic and spiritual life in the early 1950s is evidenced by Coops Academy, the Sulphur Springs School, and Crossroads Church. Practical infrastructure of the era is noted through labels for the N C & ST L railroad, the County Farm, and specific water sources like Patterson Spring. The transition from rural homesteads to organized settlements like Deason and Vannatta illustrates the mid-century agricultural and civic layout of Middle Tennessee.