1950 Map of Rushing Creek

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Kentucky Lake dominates this landscape along the border of Kentucky and Tennessee, where the Tennessee River channel is submerged beneath its waters. The map captures a transitional era of recreation and local residency, from the established Kenlake State Park in the northwest to the developing Center Ridge Cabin Area. Away from the shoreline, the terrain rises toward the Tennessee Valley Divide, where numerous family burial grounds like McDaniel Cem, Haynes Cem, and Rushing Cem remain as markers of the area's rural history. This 1950s survey, updated in the early 1970s, details the winding fingers of the lake including Ginger Bay and Turkey Bay, which carved deep into the hills. Notable local landmarks like the Center Ridge Church and the Lookout Tower near the state park provide fixed points for genealogists and local historians tracing the evolution of these lakefront communities.