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1947 Map of Lim Rock

Name: 1947 Topographic Map of Lim Rock
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

Cumberland Plateau terrain dominates this Jackson County landscape, where deep coves and narrow ridges separate the scattered settlements of the late 1940s. The Southern Railway and Lee Highway create a primary east-west corridor through the valley, connecting Lim Rock and Larkinsville below the rising slopes of Nat Mountain. The mapping reveals a rural society structured around small family cemeteries and country churches, such as Bethlehem Church and Jennies Chapel.

Lower elevations transition into the backwaters of Guntersville Lake at the southern edge, while the northern reaches are defined by the winding Paint Rock River and its crossing at Flippo Ford. Notable landforms like Stephens Gap and Blowing Cave punctuate the limestone topography, showing the complex drainage patterns of Schiffman Cove and Gentles Cove. This Tennessee Valley Authority survey captures the area just as modern infrastructure began to overlay long-established mountain homesteads and schools like Wininger Sch.