2019 Map of Hillsdale

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New Harmony and Beech Hill anchor the high ground in this 2019 survey of the Tennessee borderlands where Macon, Trousdale, and Smith counties meet. The landscape is defined by an intricate network of hollows and ridges, from the oddly named Hard Scratch Hill and Peddlers Ridge to the deep recesses of Woodmore Hollow and Possum Hollow. This modern data shows how the rural settlement pattern remains tied to the watercourses, with communities like Meadorville and Beech Bottom following the drainage of the Middle Fork Goose Creek and Dry Fork. Genealogists will find a high density of family burial sites, such as the Meador Family Cem, Nelson McDonald Cem, and Barnfield-Shrum-Andrews Cem, many of which sit atop ridges overlooking the valleys where these families first established farms.