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1938 Map of Shady Valley

Name: 1938 Topographic Map of Shady Valley
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1938
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1938

About this map

South Fork Holston River snakes through the northern reaches of this 1938 survey, defining a landscape of deep valleys and prominent ridges along the Virginia and Tennessee border. The rural communities of Shady Valley and Crandull serve as the primary hubs in this mountain terrain, characterized by a high density of local institutions. A remarkable number of community buildings are documented, including Shady Valley Sch, Denton Valley Sch, and Offset Sch, alongside rural congregations at Central Ch and South Chapel.

Evidence of Great Depression-era public works is found at CCC Camp Shelby, located west of Hignite Mountain. The map details the intricate drainage system of Beaverdam Creek and its many tributaries like Gentry Branch, which carve through the Iron Mountains and Holston Mountain. This era of the landscape is preserved just before modernization changed the local school and road networks, showing family-named landmarks like McQueen Knob and Blevins CEM in their original contexts.