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2019 Map of Lambert

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

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

The Loosahatchie River Canal and Little Cypress Cr Canal dominate this 2019 survey of the Fayette County landscape, illustrating a heavily managed hydrological system designed to drain the fertile lowlands. These engineering works define the character of Loosahatchie Bottom, Cypress Bottom, and Laurel Bottom, areas where the natural watercourses have been straightened and diverted into a network of canals. The settlement pattern is largely rural and dispersed, with small communities like Lambert, Moorman, and Griffen serving as local anchors.

For genealogists and family historians, the map is remarkably dense with family-named cemeteries. These small burial grounds, including Maclin Quarter Cem, Baskerville Cem, and Harwell Cem, are scattered across the terrain from the northern reaches of Old Fifty-Nine Dr down toward Somerville. The persistent naming of landforms like The Mtn and Green Hollow alongside modern road networks provides a clear record of how historical land use and family lineages continue to mark the modern Tennessee countryside.