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1951 Map of Sunnyhill

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

USGS Topo · Published 1951

About this map

The eastern edge of Brownsville and its rural hinterlands are captured here just after the mid-century, defined by a transition from organized town streets to the meandering wetlands of the Hatchie River. The landscape is etched with historical infrastructure including the Broadway of America and the Highway Nashville and Louisville, which served as primary conduits for travel and trade across West Tennessee.

Genealogists will find a wealth of specific landmarks, from segregated or fraternal burial grounds like Rosenwald Cem and Knights of Pythias Cem to rural education sites like Springfield Sch. Further south, the terrain descends into the complex hydrology of Hatchie Bottom, where features like Horseshoe Cutoff and Powell Lakes illustrate the dynamic nature of the river system before modern flood controls altered many Southern waterways.