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1941 Map of Mc Donald

Name: 1941 Topographic Map of Mc Donald
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1941
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1941

About this map

Southern Railway tracks parallel the Lee Highway through the northwest corner of this 1941 Bradley County landscape, serving the community of McDonald. The topography is defined by a series of prominent northeast-trending ridges, including Lebanon Ridge and Black Fox Ridge, which divide narrow fertile valleys like Blue Springs Valley and Maroon Valley. These corridors contain the area's social fabric, with rural institutions like Antioch Church, Lebanon School, and Mt Carmel Church situated along the drainage of Candies Creek and Black Fox Creek.

Specific transit points such as Marble Switch and Weatherly Switch indicate the importance of the rail line to the local economy just before the mid-century. Further south, the map identifies the Wesleyan Mission and the small settlement of Howardville near the Hamilton County line. The presence of numerous family-named springs and cemeteries, including Tucker Springs and the Tucker Cemetery, provides valuable points of reference for genealogical research in this portion of East Tennessee.