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1904 Map of Greeneville

Name: 1904 Topographic Map of Greeneville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1925
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1925

About this map

Greeneville serves as the focal point of this regional study, which captures the industrial and agricultural landscape of East Tennessee before the mid-century. The Southern R. R. cuts a clear path through the valley, connecting established communities like Limestone and Mosheim to the county seat. The map reveals a society deeply tied to its waterways, documented by numerous river crossings such as Britton Ferry, Jones Ford, and Earnest Bridge over the Nolichucky River.

Education and faith are anchored at sites like Washington College and Woolsey College, alongside rural congregations at Mt. Carmel and Beech. To the south, the topography rises sharply into the Unaka Mountains, where the Unaka National Forest and peaks like Big Butt and Wilson Knob dominate the border with North Carolina. This survey provides a rare look at vanished local infrastructure, from Bashore Mill to the small-town life at Hawes Crossroads and Pactolus.