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1936 Map of Smithland

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

USGS Topo · Published 1936

About this map

Calvert City and Gilbertsville anchor this 1930s landscape at the convergence of the Tennessee River and the Ohio River. Compiled from aerial photographs under the direction of Arthur E. Morgan, this survey documents the river network before the massive hydrological changes of the Tennessee Valley Authority projects were fully realized. The map reveals a dense rural infrastructure of family-named landmarks and essential community centers, including Vaughn School, Siloam Church, and Hurley Cemetery.

Transit in this era relied on the Illinois Central Railroad and river crossings like Haddock Ferry and Stanley Landing. The presence of the Kincaid Mounds near the Ohio River bank highlights the long human history of these floodplains, while numerous small settlements like Little Cypress and New Liberty show the distribution of population across the Livingston, Marshall, and McCracken county lines.