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1929 Map of Tompkinsville

Name: 1929 Topographic Map of Tompkinsville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1929
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1929

About this map

Tompkinsville serves as the focal point of this 1920s survey, anchoring a landscape of ridge-top settlements and winding river bends along the border of Kentucky and Tennessee. The Cumberland River dictates the local geography, twisting through sharp oxbows at Turkey Neck Bend and Salt Lick Bend. Transportation in this era relied on river access points like Richardson Landing, Geralds Landing, and the Bennett Ferry, which provided critical crossings before modern bridging.

The map reveals a dense network of early rural institutions, from the Mulkey Meeting House to numerous local schools like Poplar Log Sch and Pine Hill Sch. Commerce is marked by scattered general outlets including Baileys Store and Williams Store, alongside industry at Moores Mill. Small crossroads such as Cherry Crossroads and Denton Crossroads illustrate the upland settlement patterns common in Monroe and Clay Counties during the early twentieth century.