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1951 Map of Model

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Model
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1953
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1953

About this map

The Cumberland River carves a deep path through the borderlands of Trigg Co, Kentucky, and Stewart Co, Tennessee, in this early 1950s survey. The landscape is defined by its small farming communities and numerous family burial grounds, such as Armstrong Cem and Dawson Cem, scattered throughout the hills and hollows like Williams Hollow. The river remains a central feature of the local geography, featuring Line Island and serving as a lifeline for riverfront settlements like Tobaccoport.

Social life in this era revolved around rural institutions like Mt Vernon Sch and Crockett Creek Ch. The settlement of Model serves as a local hub near the southern edge of the map, while the community of Linton sits further north along the riverbanks. This record captures the precise placement of numerous homesteads and schoolhouses before later developments changed the face of the Kentucky-Tennessee line.