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1946 Map of Dorton

Name: 1946 Topographic Map of Dorton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1992
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1992

About this map

Cumberland Homesteads, a New Deal-era subsistence farming project, dominates the southern landscape of this mid-century survey. The planned community layout is centered around the Homestead Sch and Cumberland Homestead Ch, reflecting the 1930s initiative to provide sustainable homes for displaced miners and timber workers. The Broadway of America highway bisects the plateau, connecting the smaller hamlets of Dorton and Sanderson with the rail stop at Crab Orchard.

Resource extraction and outdoor recreation exist side-by-side on the Cumberland Plateau. Multiple labels for Strip Mine and a Quarry dot the ridges near Hyder Ridge, while the western edge is preserved as Cumberland Mountain State Park featuring Byrd Lake. The map details a transition in land use, showing early developments at Fairfield Glade and the winding course of Daddys Creek through Horseshoe Bend.