2016 Map of Mount Peter

About this map

Bethel Springs and Finger anchor the western edge of this 2016 survey, which documents a landscape of headwater creeks and ridge-top settlements in West Tennessee. The Tennessee Valley Divide snakes through the eastern half of the map, separating drainage between the Tennessee River basin and the Mississippi River watershed. This geography is defined by a high density of small rural burial grounds, including Lanes Chapel Cem, Liberty Cem, and Rose Hill Cem, which often represent the only remaining public landmarks of older agrarian communities. Named water features like Sweet Lips Cr and Hogwallow Cr flow through the dissection of the plateau, while smaller settlements like Forty Forks and Mt Peter sit at the crossroads of a complex local road network that spans the Chester and McNairy county line.