2017 Map of New Home

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Sand Mountain dominates the high plateau where the borders of Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia converge, providing a topographic look at the communities of New Home and Cole City in 2017. The landscape is defined by its deep incisions, with named gulfs such as Tatum Gulf, Washer Gulf, and Nickajack Cove carving through the mountain's eastern edge toward the Nickajack Lake reservoir. This area serves as a significant genealogical resource due to the high density of family and community burial grounds, including the State Line Cem, Burnett Cem, and Reeves Cem, which are tucked along the winding secondary roads that follow the contours of the drainage basins. The settlement pattern remains largely rural, with the city of Trenton anchored in the southeast corner near Dyer Lake, while the smaller hamlet of Avans sits further west near the Stephens Br crossing.