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1935 Map of Gobey

Name: 1935 Topographic Map of Gobey
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1935
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1935

About this map

The Lumber Company railroads snake through the deep hollows of Morgan County in this 1935 survey, illustrating the industrial pulse of the Cumberland Plateau during the mid-depression era. The Emory River serves as the central artery for the region, bordered by the Southern railroad line and a network of logging spurs that reached into the timber-heavy slopes of Justice Mountain and Bird Mountain.

Social life in these isolated valleys is anchored by rural institutions like Elizabeth Sch and Oak Hill Sch, alongside the Macedonia Ch. The topography is defined by the Tennessee Divide and numerous named gaps, such as McCart Gap and Hamby Gap, which dictated the path of early trails like T Tr 92 E. The map captures the settlement of Gobey at a time when the logging industry and the river dominated local geography.