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1949 Map of Lowryville

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Lowryville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

Lowryville and the surrounding rural communities of Hardin County sit within a landscape defined by the drainage of Horse Creek and Whites Creek during the late 1940s. This survey, updated with 1970s aerial data, reveals a high concentration of country churches and family burial grounds that anchor the local geography. Significant sites include Upper Holland Creek Church, Duncan Chapel, and Forest Ridge Union Church, which serve the small clusters of homes at Walnut Grove and Sand Hill.

The terrain is characterized by a dense network of hollows, such as Davis Hollow, Clover Hollow, and Austin Hollow, which dictated the early road patterns and settlement locations. Along the banks of Holland Creek, the site of Pollards Mill points to a history of water-powered industry. The transition from Tennessee into Alabama is marked by physical landmarks rather than sharp development changes, with small family cemeteries like Stricklin Cem and Brown Cem preserving the genealogical history of these borderland ridges.