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1935 Map of Lemon Gap

Name: 1935 Topographic Map of Lemon Gap
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1935
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1935

About this map

Appalachian Trail hikers and Madison County researchers will find a detailed look at the borderlands between North Carolina and Tennessee in this mid-1930s survey. The landscape is defined by the high ridge of the Tennessee North Carolina state line, crossing through Lemon Gap and over Max Patch Mtn. Small communities and family-named landmarks are scattered throughout the drainages of Fines Creek and Meadow Fork of Spring Creek.

Industry and daily life are evident in the inclusion of Ebbs Mill and the Blue Mill Flume near the Tennessee border. Local institutions such as Poplar Gap Sch, Keenen Sch, and Bonnie Hill Ch provide essential touchpoints for genealogists tracing ancestral homesteads. The map also records the location of the Joe PO. post office, a vital center for communication in these mountain gaps before modernization reshaped the region's transport network.