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1940 Map of Russellville

Name: 1940 Topographic Map of Russellville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1940
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1940

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The Holston River winds through the heart of this East Tennessee landscape, defining the jagged border between Hawkins and Hamblen Counties. The river valley is a network of bends and islands, including Oar Patch Bend and Bingham Island, punctuated by river crossings like Bright Ferry. Settlement patterns follow the valley floors, with the Southern Railway corridor supporting the established communities of Russellville and Whitesburg in the south, while the Lee Highway serves the northern corridor through Mooresburg.

Local life in the late 1930s is evidenced by a high density of rural infrastructure, from the Cain Mill on the flats to numerous neighborhood schools like Slate Hill Sch and Talley Sch. The mapping of family-named landmarks, such as Bassett Cem and Dodson Cem, provides a detailed view of the region's genealogical footprint before later 20th-century developments altered the rural character of these Tennessee ridges.