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1951 Map of Summertown

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Summertown
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

Summertown serves as the central hub of this Tennessee landscape, where the borders of Lawrence, Lewis, and Maury counties converge. The area’s infrastructure is defined by the Louisville and Nashville railroad and the Jackson Highway, which cut through a terrain of dissected hollows like Ledbetter Hollow and Pickard Hollow. These transportation corridors supported a community anchored by numerous rural congregations and family burial grounds, including Porter Chapel, Pleasant Garden Church, and the Summertown Cemetery.

Water plays a vital role in the geography here, with the Buffalo River and Big Swan Creek winding through the countryside. Evidence of local history and industry is visible in labels like the War Memorial and Factory Cemetery, while natural landmarks like Rattlesnake Falls and the Horseshoe Bend of the Big Swan Creek offer specific points of interest for those tracing the 1950s layout of the region.