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1965 Map of Friendship

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Friendship
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

The North Fork Forked Deer River and Middle Fork Forked Deer River define the agrarian landscape of this West Tennessee quadrangle. Between these two major waterways, the Gulf Mobile and Ohio railroad corridor anchors the western edge, serving the community of Tigrett. The settlement pattern is characterized by scattered family-named outposts and rural intersections like Elizabeth, Stokes, and Hodson, connected by a network of local thoroughfares such as Stokes Road and Macklin Store Road.

Social life in the mid-1960s centered on several country congregations, including Greenhill Ch, Bethesda Ch, and Mt Zion Ch. The map captures a transitional era for rural Crockett County, where traditional creek-bottom farming met modernizing infrastructure. Small tributaries like Miller Creek and Odell Creek drain the undulating fields between the larger river forks, while the town of Friendship serves as a local hub near the southern border.