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1952 Map of Dresden

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Dresden
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1953
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1953

About this map

Dresden serves as the focal point of this Weakley County landscape in the early 1950s, situated at the junction of the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis Railroad and several local transit routes like Chicken Road. The area south of the town center transitions into the fertile bottomlands of the Middle Fork Obion River, while the northern terrain is defined by a dense network of drainage branches like Strawberry Branch and Cypress Creek.

Genealogists will find a wealth of local landmarks, including numerous country churches and burial grounds such as Siloam Ch, Sunset Cem, and McLain Chapel. Industrial activity is noted by the Clay Pits northwest of the rail line. Small crossroads communities like West Union and Brassfield further illustrate the mid-century rural settlement patterns, where small family-named ponds like Beard Pond and Gant Pond pepper the landscape.