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1959 Map of Hillsdale

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Hillsdale
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

About this map

Goose Creek and Dixon Creek carve through the high ridges of north-central Tennessee in this mid-century portrait of a rural upland landscape. The terrain is defined by a dense network of named hollows, such as Woodmore Hollow and Blankenship Hollow, where small agricultural communities like Hillsdale and Meadorville took root. The settlement pattern follows the valley floors and narrow gaps, with local life centered around institutions like Hillsdale Ch and several small family burial grounds, including Wallace Cem and Fleeman Cem.

Evidence of the era's local industry appears in the form of a Mine near Ford Hollow and a Quarry south of the village of Hillsdale. A notable military presence is marked at the U S Reservation in the southwest corner. The map also captures the path of infrastructure through the hills, showing the alignment of pipelines crossing the Macon Co - Trousdale Co boundary, illustrating how modern utilities began to overlay the traditional landscape of Hard Scratch Hill.