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2022 Map of Sunnyhill

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Sunnyhill
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

Brownsville serves as the primary municipal hub in this western Tennessee landscape, where the town street grid meets a countryside defined by family legacies and agricultural tradition. The southern edge of the map is dominated by the sprawling wetlands of Hatchie Bottom and the winding course of the Hatchie River, a natural boundary that has long influenced settlement patterns. This area is remarkably dense with burial grounds and places of worship, reflecting a deep-seated genealogy and community history.

Researchers will find numerous small family plots such as the Cornwall - Barclay Family Cem and the Aiken Family Cem, alongside larger congregational centers like Zion Baptist Church Cem and Saint Paul Baptist Church Cem. The rural landscape north of the river is carved by several drainages, including Nixon Cr and Carter Cr, which feed into local water bodies like Stokely Lake and Walker Lake, illustrating the traditional reliance on these water sources for the local farmsteads.