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1936 Map of Kimmins

Name: 1936 Topographic Map of Kimmins
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1936
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1936

About this map

Hohenwald serves as the focal point of this Lewis County region, shown here during the mid-1930s. The town's grid is centered at the junction of State Highway No 20 and State Highway No 48, flanked by the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis railroad which defines the local industrial corridor through Shubert and Kimmins. The map illustrates a rural landscape where education and community life were organized around small local landmarks like Slippery Sch, Skelton Sch, and the Flat Rock Ch.

One of the most intriguing details is the mention of a Silvermine in the hills west of Lomax Crossroads, suggesting earlier mineral exploration in the hollows near Stillhouse Hollow. The terrain is deeply etched by a network of drainage features such as Slippery Mill Creek and Grinders Creek, with numerous family cemeteries like Brown Cem and Skelton Cem reflecting the area's ancestral settlement patterns.