2022 Map of Tibbs

About this map

Christmasville and Oakview anchor this agricultural landscape in Haywood County, where the terrain is defined by the drainage of the South Fork Forked Deer River. The map reveals a network of rural settlements connected by roads often named for local families, including Henly-Felsenthal Rd and Mary Dixon Rd. For genealogists and local historians, several burial grounds are scattered across the landscape, such as Shaws Chapel Cem near Shaw and Hickory Grove Cem situated east of the Meridian Creek valley. The hydrology of the area is particularly complex, with Nixon Creek, Pond Creek, and Briar Cr winding through wetlands and feed into small bodies of water like Duffy Lake and Eubanks Lake. This document captures the modern state of these small West Tennessee communities and their enduring rural infrastructure.