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1936 Map of Pleasantville

Name: 1936 Topographic Map of Pleasantville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1936
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1936

About this map

The settlement of Pleasantville serves as the focal point of this rural 1930s landscape, where the Hickman County line weaves through a network of creeks and hollows. This Tennessee Valley Authority advance sheet highlights a deeply localized social geography, with numerous community institutions such as Pleasantville School and Upper Sinking School positioned along the drainage of Cane Creek and Upper Sinking Creek. The presence of Farmers Exchange and several family-named burial grounds, including Beech Grove Cem and Elkins Cem, indicates a decentralized yet established agricultural society.

Transportation in the mid-1930s relied on the early corridors of State Highway No 100 and State Highway No 50. These routes followed the natural contours of the land, connecting disparate homesteads and churches like Enon Church and Bethel Church. The map's detail, from Coble Mill Hollow to Powder Mill Hollow, reveals the importance of water-powered industry and localized milling in the Hickman County interior.