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1957 Map of Smyrna

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Smyrna
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1980
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1980

About this map

The town of Smyrna and the adjacent US Military Reservation (Sewart Air Force Base) anchor this landscape in Middle Tennessee during the mid-twentieth century. The area is defined by a dense network of family cemeteries and rural congregations, including St Peters Ch, Rock Spring Ch, and the Cedar Grove Ch. The presence of the Louisville and Nashville railroad through the center of town underscores the corridor's importance as a regional transportation hub between Nashville and Murfreesboro.

To the west and south, the terrain becomes more varied with numerous named knobs like Sanford Knob and Signal Knob. Educational life in the outlying areas is represented by landmarks such as the Seminary Sch and the Lillard Chapel Little Hope Sch, indicating a well-established rural community structure. This map documents a transitional period as early aviation infrastructure and highway development begin to overlay the traditional agricultural and rail-oriented settlement patterns of Rutherford County.