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2016 Map of New Market

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of New Market
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

Bays Mountain and Shields Ridge anchor the landscape of this East Tennessee region, where the border of Jefferson and Sevier counties meets. The area is defined by a dense concentration of family and community burial grounds, such as Youngs Memorial Cem, Vance Cem, and Cate Cem, which serve as vital markers for genealogical research in this part of the Appalachian foothills. Settlement patterns follow the valleys and gaps, with the historic railroad corridor at Friends Station and the established communities of New Market and Jefferson City to the north.

Water plays a central role in the topography, with Tuckahoe Cr and Dumplin Cr carving paths through Dumplin Valley. Small, localized settlements like Woolardtown, Piedmont, and Four Points are scattered throughout the quadrangle, connected by a network of rural roads such as W Old Andrew Johnson Hwy. The presence of landmarks like Thomas Knob and Russell Gap provides a clear view of how the natural terrain dictated the early development and movement of people between these historic Tennessee townships.