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2016 Map of Gordonsville

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Gordonsville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

Carthage and its southern neighbors sit at a significant river confluence where the Cumberland River meets the Caney Fork. This 2016 survey illustrates the intricate relationship between the river's winding bends, such as Boulton Bend and Hell Bend, and the established transportation routes that cross them via the Cordell Hull Bridge and Benton McMillian Memorial Bridge. The landscape is characterized by prominent high points like Winfree Knob and Cowan Hill, interspersed with narrow hollows such as Timberlake Hollow and Condit Hollow.

Family history is deeply etched into the Smith County terrain through a dense network of burial sites, including the Gordonsville Cem, Baird Memorial Cem, and Waggoner Cem. The map tracks the shift from agricultural bottomlands like Myers Bottom to industrial markers like the Jersey Miniery Zinc Company Lake. Settlements such as South Carthage, Gordonsville, and Hickman are shown in their modern context, connected by a network of local roads that follow the ancient paths of Mulherrin Creek and Hickman Creek.