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1936 Map of Seventeen Creek

Name: 1936 Topographic Map of Seventeen Creek
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1936
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1936

About this map

Big Sandy River Drainage Ditch and its intricate network of tributaries define the landscape of this 1930s rural area straddling the border of Carroll and Benton counties. The map captures a moment in Tennessee's history just as the Tennessee Valley Authority began extensive regional planning. The settlement pattern is characterized by scattered small communities and family farmsteads such as Robison, Lyle, and Smothers, rather than concentrated towns.

A remarkable density of country institutions appears throughout the hills, including New Friendship Ch and Pleasant Hill Sch. The drainage of Seventeen Creek and Birdsong Creek provides a natural framework for the location of these community landmarks. Genealogists will find particular value in the identification of several rural burial sites, such as Crossroads Cem and Flowers Cem, which served the local populations before modern highway expansion altered the traditional transport routes like State Highway No 69.