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2010 Map of Milton

Name: 2010 Topographic Map of Milton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2010
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

Milton Post Office serves as the central hub of this Tennessee landscape, where the rural road network converges along Hwy 96 E. The area is remarkably dense with family burial grounds, providing a significant resource for genealogical research. Prominent sites such as Bradleys Creek Cemetery, Rucker Goodloe Cemetery, and the Floyd-Alexander Cemetery are scattered across the terrain, often located near homesteads along drainage basins like Dry Fork and McKnight Branch.

The topography is defined by the headwaters of the East Fork Stones River and several distinct high points in the northeast, including Lawrence Knob and Fisher Knob. These elevations overlook a complex system of creek valleys and hollows, such as Bains Hollow, where the early settlement patterns follow the winding paths of Bradley Creek and Leach Creek. The transition from the elevated knobs to the fertile bottomlands highlights the traditional agricultural orientation of the region.