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1951 Map of Topsy

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Topsy
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

The Buffalo River winds through this rural landscape of Wayne, Perry, and Lewis Counties, dictating the settlement patterns and travel routes of the mid-20th century. Near the central crossing at Slickrock Ford, the small community of Topsy sits surrounded by family-named landmarks and historical burial grounds. The map reveals a deeply etched topography of ridges and hollows, where life centered around landmarks like Salem Church and the high ground of Pea Ridge.

Tracing the numerous tributaries such as Forty-eight Creek and Moccasin Creek shows the isolation of homesteads located in places like Stillhouse Hollow and John Thorpe Hollow. For genealogists, the density of small family plots, including Choate Cem, Oldham Cem, and Whitehead Cem, provides a detailed record of the families who inhabited these hollows before modern development altered the rural character of the Tennessee interior.