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1936 Map of Springville

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

USGS Topo · Published 1936

About this map

Springville and its surrounding rural community in Henry County appear here just as the Tennessee Valley Authority was transforming the region's drainage and infrastructure. The map reveals an intricate network of local water management, characterized by extensive engineered features like the Holly Fork Drainage Ditch, Chandler Ditch, and Grudge Ditch. These early 20th-century alterations to the natural landscape, including the Sulphur Well Swamp, show the efforts to reclaim agricultural land from the wetlands surrounding West Sandy Creek.

Family and community history is anchored by numerous country churches and schools, such as Sulphur Well Academy Ch, Oakland Sch, and New Bethel Ch. The rail corridor of the Nashville Louisville and And Road serves as a primary transit spine, connecting small settlements like Porters and Nobles. Numerous small family burial grounds, including the Hughes Cem and Boothe Cem, are scattered across the landscape, providing essential data for genealogists tracing early residents of this Tennessee river valley area.