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1960 Map of Gassaway

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Gassaway
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

The boundary between De Kalb and Cannon Counties runs through this Tennessee landscape, defined by the prominent heights of Pea Ridge and Mt Ararat. The settlement of Gassaway sits in the west, anchored by the Gassaway School and Beech Hill Cemetery, while the smaller community of Bluhmtown occupies the eastern edge. This terrain is deeply etched by a network of branches and hollows, including Pistole Hollow and Sweetwater Hollow, which feed into Clear Fork Creek.

Evidence of local social life is found in the distribution of country churches and schools like Tabernacle Church and Pea Ridge School. The area's geology is notable for numerous karst features such as Cripps Mill Cave and Indian Grave Point Cave, along with a prominent Strip Mine in the northwest. A Dam Under Construction on a branch of Dry Creek indicates a changing hydrology as the mid-century infrastructure projects began to reshape these rural Tennessee valleys.