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1941 Map of Harriman

Name: 1941 Topographic Map of Harriman
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1941
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1941

About this map

Harriman serves as a critical rail hub at the intersection of the Southern, Tennessee Central, and Louisville and Nashville lines. This 1941 survey documents the town and surrounding Roane County landscape just as the Watts Bar Reservoir was being established, with the Emory River and Clinch River forming the primary drainage through the gaps of Walden Ridge.

Genealogists and local historians will find a high density of rural landmarks, from Woods Chapel and Riggs Chapel to numerous family burial grounds like Isham Cem and Fry Cem. The map captures the infrastructure of the era, including the Airway Beacon on the ridge and CCC Camp No 87 near Kingston. The presence of small schoolhouses like Rankin Sch and Bazzletown Sch reflects the distributed settlement patterns of the early 1940s before modern consolidation.