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1978 Map of Knoxville

Name: 1978 Topographic Map of Knoxville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

Fort Loudoun Lake and the Tennessee River anchor this late-1970s view of Tennessee’s urban heart, where the water bends around Looney Islands and Lyons Island. The map documents the city’s post-war suburban and industrial footprint, from the sprawling Coster Yards in the north to the established neighborhoods of Sequoyah Hills and Island Home. Educational and civic infrastructure is densely plotted, including Fulton High Sch, Austin High Sch, and the Naval Reserve Armory.

South of the river, the landscape shifts toward the wooded slopes of Brown Mountain and Wise Hill, where newer developments like Colonial Village and Mooreland Heights began to fill the gaps between older landmarks like Mount Olive. Local history researchers will find significant genealogical value in the detailed plotting of Old Gray Cem and New Gray Cem, alongside the grounds of the Eastern State Psychiatric Hospital near the river’s edge.