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1965 Map of Oakland

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Oakland
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

Oakland serves as the primary hub in this mid-1960s West Tennessee landscape, situated along the Louisville and Nashville railroad tracks. The map reveals a countryside defined by agricultural patterns and a dense network of local institutions, including Brooks Chapel and Bell Grove Ch. To the west, the community of Hickory Withe sits near the headwaters of Cypress Creek, while the southern portion of the quadrangle is dominated by the Herb Parsons Lake State Fish and Game Refuge.

Genealogists will find a high density of family-named burial grounds, such as McCulley Cem, Braswell Cem, and Rayner Cem, many adjacent to vanished or surviving country schoolhouses like Wright Sch and Canadaville Sch. The transition of the landscape is evident in the 1973 revisions, which show the expansion of Lake Tia Khata and other residential developments altering the traditional rural character of Canadaville and the surrounding Fayette County farmland.