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2019 Map of Sunrise

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Sunrise
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Big Swan Creek winds through this section of Middle Tennessee, defining a landscape of narrow hollows and high ridges at the border of Hickman and Lewis Counties. The valley floor supports small settlements such as Sunrise and Swan Bluff, while the surrounding terrain is etched with dozens of named geographic features like Stillhouse Hollow and Sugarcamp Hollow that hint at the local subsistence history of the region.

Genealogists and local researchers can trace a network of family-named landmarks and rural burial sites throughout the quadrangle, including Whiteside Cem and Campground Cem. In the southeastern corner, the modern Natchez Trace Parkway cuts across the hills, following the general corridor of the ancient wilderness road. From the small community of Buffalo on Piney Fork to the elevations of Nine Mile Ridge, the map preserves the contemporary layout of these long-established Tennessee hollows.