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1950 Map of Sinking Cove

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Sinking Cove
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1950
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1950

About this map

Sherwood and Tantallon serve as the primary valley settlements in this 1950 survey, positioned along the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis RR as it threads through the Crow Creek Valley. The landscape is defined by the sharp transition from the steep hollows of the Cumberland Plateau to the karst features of the lower elevations, including Peter Cave and the prominent Buggytop Cave.

Evidence of deep-rooted community life is found in the scattered rural institutions like Sinking Cove School and Anderson Sch, alongside numerous family-named cemeteries such as Gass Cem, Garner Cem, and Jackson Cem. The complex drainage pattern is illustrated by the Sinking Cove and No Business Creek, which disappear into the limestone terrain. In the southeast, the Winding Stairs road provides a rugged transit point across the plateau edge near Barnes Point.