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1972 Map of Ripley North

Name: 1972 Topographic Map of Ripley North
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

The bottomlands of western Tennessee meet the rising bluffs in this 1970s record of Lauderdale County. The western edge is defined by the Anderson-Tully State Wildlife Management Area, where the Old Bed Forked Deer River and Chisholm Lake mark the former path of the river system amidst a network of wetlands including Long Pond and Jennings Pond. These low-lying areas contrast sharply with the dissected ridges to the east, where small upland communities like Edith and Central are situated.

Transportation and infrastructure are anchored by the Illinois Central Gulf railroad corridor, which skirts the eastern edge of the swampy terrain near the Ripley Corporation Boundary. Rural life is centered around local landmarks such as Arp School, St Matthew Church, and Walnut Grove Church. The landscape also shows signs of active land use with several Gravel Pits and a Sandpit scattered across the higher ground north of the Cane Creek drainage.