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1953 Map of Ruskin

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Ruskin
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

Yellow Creek and its many tributaries, including Buckeye Creek and Whiteoak Creek, carve a complex drainage pattern through the heart of the Tennessee Valley Divide. This 1953 landscape, updated in 1973, reveals a rural network of family-held land and small community centers where the borders of Houston, Humphreys, and Dickson counties meet. The settlement of Ruskin sits near the Swimming pool and the landmark Jewel Cave, representing a distinct pocket of development in the southeastern quadrangle.

The map is particularly valuable for genealogists, as it preserves the exact locations of dozens of family-named burial grounds like Etheridge Cem, Balthrop Cem, and Hargrove Cem. Local social life is anchored by country churches such as Salmon Branch Ch and Marthas Chapel. The terrain is defined by narrow hollows like Stanfield Hollow and Vanhook Hollow, showing how the topography dictated the placement of early homesteads and crossroads like Thompsons Crossroads and Adams Crossroads.