1973 Map of Nashville West

About this map

The county seat of Nashville anchors the eastern edge of this Berrien County survey, situated at the intersection of a regional transportation network. The landscape transitions from the established streets of the town, featuring City Hall and a College, into the swampy lowlands of the Withlacoochee River and New River. The boundary between Berrien and Cook counties follows the shifting, swampy course of these waterways, marked as an Indefinite Boundary through the dense wetland vegetation. Small rural settlements like Chaserville and Massee are connected by an Old Railroad Grade that speaks to the area's timber and transit history. Away from the river bottoms, the terrain is dotted with numerous small bodies of water such as Goose Pond and Parrish Pond, alongside several rural houses of worship including Forest Hill Ch and Beulah Ch, which served as the centers of these outlying agricultural communities.