1952 Map of Norris

About this map

Norris Dam stands as the central engineering feat of this Tennessee landscape, holding back the waters of Norris Lake where the Clinch River meets Cove Creek. The planned community of Norris and the older settlement of Andersonville anchor the region, connected by the Norris Freeway. This survey, revised in the early 1950s, illustrates a complex topography of ridges like Lone Mountain Ridge and Hinds Ridge separated by deep hollows such as Gooseneck Hollow and Dark Hollow. For genealogists, the map is a dense record of rural social life, preserving the locations of numerous family-named landmarks including Harmon Cemetery, McAdoo Cemetery, and Cox Cemetery. The distribution of small institutions like Glen Alpine School and the Island Ford Church reflects a transition as the TVA's modernizing infrastructure integrated with long-established Appalachian farmsteads and valleys.