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1953 Map of Kinzel Springs

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Kinzel Springs
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

Little River winds through the heart of this Blount County landscape, marking the transition from the agricultural lowlands of Miller Cove and Tuckaleechee Cove into the protected heights of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The map documents a mid-century community structure defined by local gathering places, such as the Rocky Branch School and numerous country churches including Millers Cove Church and Tuckaleechee Chapel.

Evidence of local industry and infrastructure is visible at the Mill Dam and a Quarry near Laurel Lake, while the introduction of the Foothills Parkway begins to weave through the older terrain of Chilhowee Mountain. Family history is anchored by the Walker Cemetery and Rocky Branch Cem, providing researchers with specific geographic markers for ancestral homesteads in the valleys surrounding Walland and Townsend.