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1949 Map of Rover

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Rover
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

About this map

The Tennessee Valley Divide snakes across this mid-century landscape on the border of Rutherford and Bedford Counties, separating the drainages that flow toward the Harpeth River and those feeding into the Duck River system. The small rural hub of Rover sits at the intersection of several local routes, anchored by the St Paul Church and Union Ridge Church. This map reveals a high density of family-named landmarks and local institutions, such as the Vernon Corner School and Puckett Store, that defined community life in the Tennessee interior before regional consolidation.

A network of small crossroads settlements including Cater Crossroads, Taylor Crossroads, and Longview are connected by winding roads through Byler Bottoms and Lamb Bottoms. The terrain is marked by distinctive elevations like Brady Knob and Versailles Knob, while dozens of small family burial grounds such as Poplar Grove Cemetery and Gentry Cemetery are scattered across the farms, offering significant detail for genealogical research into the area's early 20th-century inhabitants.