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1951 Map of Kimmins

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Kimmins
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

The town of Hohenwald serves as the central hub of this mid-century landscape on the border of Hickman and Lewis counties. The map reveals a community organized around topographic drainage, where numerous named hollows like Stillhouse Hollow and Silvermine Hollow hint at the local activities and industries of previous generations. A significant concentration of family and community burial grounds, including the Swiss Cem, Grassy Valley Cem, and O'Guin Cem, provides an invaluable resource for tracing regional genealogy and settlement patterns.

Transportation and infrastructure are prominent, with the County Airport and a network of roads connecting smaller settlements such as Kimmins, Lomax Crossroads, and Theodore. The presence of the Flat Rock Ch and Blondy Ch marks the spiritual centers of these rural neighborhoods, while landmarks like the Lookout tower and various pumping stations underscore the managed nature of the Tennessee landscape during this era of development.