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1965 Map of Somerville

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Somerville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

About this map

The town of Somerville serves as the focal point of this West Tennessee landscape in the mid-1960s, situated at the junction of the Louisville and Nashville railroad and the Loosahatchie River canal. This period reveals a community balanced between traditional agricultural roots and early mid-century infrastructure, evidenced by the County Training Sch and the Radio Tower (KIA) east of the main settlement.

To the south, the terrain transitions into a more rural pattern of dispersed churches and family-named burial grounds, such as Asbury Ch and Evergreen Cem near Williston. The map documents a high density of local landmarks significant to genealogists, including Brooks Sch and Pattersonville, alongside numerous smaller cemeteries like Stitts Cem and Peebles Cem. This distribution suggests a landscape where small, self-contained rural neighborhoods remained distinct prior to later consolidation.