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1964 Map of Maury City

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Maury City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1966
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1966

About this map

Maury City and the county seat of Alamo anchor this mid-1960s topographic study of the West Tennessee landscape. The Gulf Mobile and Ohio railroad corridor dictates the regional orientation, cutting northwest through the terrain near Maury Junction and Crockett Mills. This era of the landscape is defined by a dense network of local institutions that reflect long-standing rural community centers, including the Hamlett Robertson Sch and numerous country churches like Barkers Chapel, Averys Chapel, and Hughes Grove Ch.

Genealogists will find a wealth of family-named landmarks and resting places, from Nunn Cem and Bridget Cem to the outlying Evans Cem near the southern boundary. The topography is drained by a series of winding watercourses such as Tucker Creek, Black Creek, and Kail Creek, which weave between agricultural fields and small settlements like Cairo and Johnsons Grove. The presence of numerous small cemeteries adjacent to these named groves and chapels suggests a tightly knit social fabric built around these nineteenth-century landmarks.