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2016 Map of Tranquillity

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Tranquillity
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

The boundary between Meigs Co and McMinn Co runs through a landscape defined by sharp ridges and deep hollows, including No Pone Valley and Rogers Creek Valley. Local life in this part of Tennessee centers on small settlements like Sewee, Tranquillity, and Clearwater, where the placement of rural churches and cemeteries such as Tranquillity Methodist Church Cem and Rogers Creek Baptist Church Cem reflects the long-standing community foundations.

Industry and daily labor are marked by landmarks like Collins Mill on Collins Br and the various ridges that dictate the path of travel, such as McMinn Ridge and Newman Ridge. For genealogists and local historians, the numerous family-named landmarks like Womac Hollow and burial sites such as Turkeypen Cem and Old Walnut Grove Cem offer a detailed look at the area's ancestral geography. The drainage patterns of Big Sewee Creek and Little Sewee Cr further illustrate the terrain that shaped this rural corridor.