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1961 Map of Springfield South

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Springfield South
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

Springfield anchors the northern edge of this Tennessee landscape, where the town’s southern expansion meets the rolling hills of the Highland Rim. This survey captures the transition from the concentrated residential blocks of the county seat to a rural interior defined by the winding paths of Sycamore Creek and Carr Creek. The 1961 data, updated with 1981 aerial observations, reveals a network of small family settlements and community hubs like Glover Crossroad and Coopertown.

Genealogists will find high density in local landmarks, from the Flewellyn School to numerous rural burial grounds such as Lipscomb Cem and Martins Chapel Cem. The map illustrates a landscape of deep valleys and hollows, notably Sleepy Hollow and Brushy Fork, where agriculture and community life followed the contours of the land long before modern development altered these historic Robertson County corridors.