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1936 Map of Godwin

Name: 1936 Topographic Map of Godwin
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1936
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1936

About this map

The Duck River winds through Maury County in this mid-1930s survey, defining a landscape shaped by narrow valley bends and rural crossroads. The settlement of Godwin serves as a local hub near the confluence of Rutherford Creek and the river, situated along the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. This era shows a community tightly knit by its institutions, with numerous one-room schools like Athendale Sch and Harlen Sch and country churches such as Godwin Chappell Ch and Lotts Chapel serving the surrounding farms and hollows.

Energy infrastructure is a prominent feature on this map, with the Tennessee Electric Power Company Transmission Line and Tennessee Authority Transmission Line cutting across the terrain. These high-voltage corridors intersect near the family-named landmark Timmons and the Timmons Cem, illustrating the early stages of modernization in middle Tennessee. To the south, the northern outskirts of Columbia appear just above the river, marking the transition from agricultural land to the county seat.