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1952 Map of Duncan Flats

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Duncan Flats
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1954
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1954

About this map

The Tennessee RR winds through the narrow river valleys of Anderson, Scott, and Campbell counties in this 1952 study, connecting mountain settlements like Clinchmore and Stainville. The landscape is defined by the sharp relief of Buffalo Mountain and Red Oak Ridge, where timber and coal extraction shaped the placement of temporary outposts like Welch Camp and Gennett Camp.

Social life in these tight-knit Appalachian communities centered on the intersection of faith and education, evidenced by the proximity of Beech Fork Church to the Marlow School. For genealogists, the map is remarkably dense with family-named burial grounds including the Link Phillips Cemetery, Abslinger Cemetery, and Nick Patterson Cemetery. These cemeteries, often tucked into high gaps or alongside branches like Ligas Branch, mark the ancestral footprint of families who lived along the New River before the mid-century shifts in rural population.