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1968 Map of Scottsboro

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Scottsboro
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

About this map

Cumberland River loops define the landscape west of Nashville, where the winding waterway creates massive peninsulas like Whites Bend and Cockrill Bend. This river-oriented geography is dominated by the State Penitentiary grounds on the eastern shore and the transition of the river into Cheatham Lake. The small community of Scottsboro sits along the Nashville and Ashland City Road, serving as a focal point for the surrounding hollows like Nickens Hollow and Cullum Hollow.

Evidence of mid-century suburban expansion appears in the southeast at Charlotte Park and West Meade, where residential grids contrast with the deeply dissected uplands to the west. Local infrastructure is well-marked, including the Wade Sch, Watkins Chapel, and the Bull Run Road Cem. These details, alongside landmarks like Rock Harbor Marina and the Radio Towers (WMAK), reveal a rural-to-suburban transition as the city's reach extended into the forested hills above the river bends.