1962 Map of Readyville

About this map

Readyville sits at the crossing of the East Fork Stones River, marking the boundary between Rutherford Co and Cannon Co. In the early 1960s, this landscape was defined by its dense network of rural congregation points and named knobs, such as Pilot Knob and Peaks Hill. The area shows a classic Middle Tennessee settlement pattern of small farming communities like Kittrell and Halls Hill, each centered around local landmarks like Science Hill Ch and Wards Grove Ch. The presence of a Drive-in Theater near Culpepper illustrates the era's mid-century roadside culture along the local highways. Throughout the valleys, numerous family cemeteries and small churches, including Rock Hill Ch and Antioch Ch, provide valuable geographic markers for genealogists tracing ancestral homesteads along Cripple Creek and Carson Fork.