1968 Map of Lenoir City

About this map

Lenoir City serves as the focal point of this Tennessee Valley landscape, positioned where the Tennessee River meets the Little Tennessee River. This 1968 revision, with photorevisions from 1981, documents the significant hydrographic changes brought by the Tellico Dam, showing the formation of Tellico Lake and its effect on the shoreline near Bussell Island. The map records a complex transport network of the Southern railroad and major road projects like Kingston Pike. Rural life persists in the surrounding ridges and valleys, captured through numerous local landmarks such as Vaught Chapel, Browder Sch, and the Lenoir City Lookout Tower. Genealogists will find many family burial grounds documented, including Cardwell Cem, Abbott Cem, and Eldridge Cem. The ridge-and-valley topography of Blackoak Ridge and Hines Valley dictates the settlement patterns from Pawpaw Plains to Eaton Forest.