1950 Map of Hurricane Mills

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Kentucky Lake and the winding Duck River define this landscape in Humphreys County, where the Tennessee Valley Authority’s mid-century water management transformed the region. The settlement of Hurricane Mills sits at the confluence of Hurricane Creek and the river, anchored by the Hurricane Mills School and nearby Anderson Cem. The map reveals a deeply dissected terrain of hollows—such as Voorhies Hollow and Roberts Hollow—that separate the high ground of Walker Ridge from the fertile bottomlands of Cherry Bottom and Parks Bottom. Genealogists will find a dense network of family-named burial grounds, including Williams Cem, Shannon Cem, and Walker Cem, scattered across the ridges. Evidence of early infrastructure remains visible through river crossings like Tanksley Bridge and Martin Ford Bridge, alongside the Tennessee National Migratory Wildlife Refuge at the lake's edge.