1936 Map of Mt. Peter

About this map

Mt Peter serves as a central landmark in this 1936 McNairy County landscape, documented during a pivotal era of rural electrification. The map highlights the early infrastructure of the Tennessee Valley Authority Transmission Line and the Pickwick Electric Membership Corp Trans Line, illustrating the arrival of modern utilities to this corner of Tennessee. The topography is defined by the Divide and Basin, where small rural institutions like Beauty Hill Ch, Clover Hill Sch, and Mackey Sch anchored the local community. The drainage of Little Snake Creek and a local Cem further delineate the established social and physical geography of the mid-1930s. This advance sheet captures the region just as it was being remapped through the lens of early aerial photography.