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2019 Map of Hustburg

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Hustburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

The wide reach of the Tennessee River and Kentucky Lake dominates this 2019 view of the border between Humphreys and Benton Counties. The landscape is defined by extensive lowlands like Lower Big Bottom and the Duck River Dewatering Area, where the management of the river system dictates the local geography. Significant family and community history is preserved in the numerous burial sites across the ridges, including the DePriest Cem, Arrington Cem, and Eagle Creek Cem.

Settlement patterns follow the high ground and creek valleys, from the established town of New Johnsonville in the north to the smaller communities of Hustburg and Bakerville. The topography is a maze of named hollows and ridges, such as Sinkhole Ridge and Swader Hollow, which separate the river bottoms from the interior woodlands. This map illustrates the intersection of mid-20th-century river engineering and much older rural homesteading traditions.