1951 Map of Franklin

About this map

Franklin serves as the central hub of this early 1950s survey, where the Louisville and Nashville railroad bisects the town and dictates the local transit patterns. The landscape is defined by the winding course of the West Fork Drakes Creek, which supported early industrial activity such as the Peden Mill. Small agricultural communities and family-named landmarks are scattered throughout the countryside, connected by a network of rural roads crossing the state line into Tennessee. Genealogists will find significant detail in the rural corners of the map, from the Lake Spring Sch to various family burial grounds including the Peden Cem and Chisholm Cem. In the southern reaches, the settlements of Mitchellville and Black Jack sit near the boundary of Robertson and Sumner counties, illustrating the cross-border commerce of the mid-century era.