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1958 Map of Excell

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Excell
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1960
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1960

About this map

The Cumberland River carves a sweeping path through this 1950s landscape, serving as the dominant geographic feature for the small communities of Excell and Salem. This era captures the rural character of Montgomery County before modern development, where a network of family-named roads like Edmondson Ferry Road and Marthas Chapel Road connected isolated farmsteads and crossroads such as Orgains Crossroads. Evidence of much earlier habitation is preserved near the riverbank at the Indian Mounds north of Big McAdoo Creek.

Local life centered on small country churches and schools, with the map recording many locations essential for genealogists, including Marthas Chapel, Hagewood Chapel, and the Dixon Sch. Cemeteries like Lyle Cem and Braine Cem are dotted across the terrain, often tucked away near drainages like Hurricane Creek or Sulphur Spring Branch, marking the long-standing family ties to this river-valley soil.