1951 Map of Summertown

About this map

Summertown serves as the central hub of this mid-century landscape where the borderlands of Lewis, Maury, and Lawrence Counties meet. The infrastructure is defined by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and the historic Jackson Highway, which cut through a terrain of deep hollows like Wyrick Hollow and Pickard Hollow. The settlement pattern reveals a deeply rooted community of small rural schools and churches, including New Salem Sch and Pleasant Garden Church, scattered along the drainage basins of the Buffalo River and Big Swan Creek.