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2016 Map of Melvine

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Melvine
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

The Sequatchie River carves its way through the center of this landscape, separating the high Cumberland Plateau to the west from the prominent ridge of Walden Ridge to the east. This valley floor is dotted with small rural communities like Melvine, Litton, and Ninemile, where the land yields to agriculture at Austin Field and Frazier Bottoms. The terrain is defined by dramatic elevation changes, notably the Cumberland Escarpment and the Tennessee Valley Divide, which dictate the local road network and drainage patterns.

Family history is deeply etched into the topography through a high density of named cemeteries such as Hutcheson Cem, Swafford Chapel Cem, and Arnett Cem. Distinctive geographic features like Worthington Cove and Big Spring Tollett Lake provide specific landmarks for those tracing land grants or family homesteads. The map illustrates the persistent rural character of Bledsoe County as it remained into the early 21st century.