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1953 Map of Hillsboro

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Hillsboro
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

Hillsboro serves as the focal point of this Tennessee landscape, situated where the lowlands of The Barrens meet the rising slopes of the Cumberland Plateau. The map reveals a post-war rural infrastructure defined by the Dixie Highway (West) and a network of family-centered settlements like Winton Town and Bradley. For genealogists, the density of family burial grounds is remarkable, including the Henry Cove Cem, Crockett Cem, and Gentry Cem, many of which are tucked into the shadowed recesses of the plateau's coves.

Local spiritual and educational life is anchored by institutions such as Cumberland Academy and Zion Hill Ch. The geography is shaped by the dramatic transition into the mountains, marked by features like Lusk Cave and Brooks Point. Significant industrial markers, such as the Tennessee Pipeline and a Tailings Pond near Cowan Spring, point to the evolving utility and resource management of mid-century Coffee County.