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1967 Map of Pillowville

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Pillowville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1985
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1985

About this map

Pillowville and Gleason anchor this mid-century portrait of Weakley County, where the agricultural landscape meets an industrializing clay industry. The Seaboard railroad cuts through the northeast corner, supporting the local economy alongside numerous Claypits and Claypit operations that dot the central and northern terrain. The Middle Fk Obion River meanders across the top of the sheet, fed by a dense network of local waterways including Spring Creek and Cane Creek.

Social life in this era is centered around rural landmarks like Liberty Ch, Sandhill Ch, and Beech Springs Ch. Further south, Crowley Store marks a traditional gathering point in the countryside. The geography is characterized by the transition from the river bottomlands to the upland areas where Liberty and Sandhill are situated. This record captures the region just as modern infrastructure, such as the Pipelines shown in later revisions, began to overlay the older patterns of settlement and farming.