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1951 Map of Three Churches

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Three Churches
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

Indian Creek and its many winding tributaries define this deeply dissected corner of Wayne County, where the Tennessee Valley Authority and USGS recorded the rural landscape's 1951 character with 1975 revisions. The settlement pattern is largely confined to the valleys and small clearings, notably at Three Churches and Cromwell Crossroads. Higher elevations like Baptist Hill and Dogwood Flats remain wooded, while the southeastern corner is carved by the modern path of the Natchez Trace Parkway.

Genealogists and local historians will find numerous family and community landmarks, including the Memorial School and a collection of scattered burial grounds such as Horton Cem, King Cem, and Nash Cem. The map preserves the specific nomenclature of the hollows, from the evocative Slaughter Pen Hollow to Schoolhouse Hollow, providing a detailed record of land use and local place-naming before later 20th-century developments altered the rural road network.