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2019 Map of Tranquillity

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Tranquillity
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Sewee Creek and its many tributaries, including Big Sewee Creek and Little Sewee Creek, carve a complex landscape across the border of Meigs and McMinn counties. The terrain is defined by a series of parallel ridges such as No Pone Ridge and McMinn Ridge, which create sheltered corridors like No Pone Valley and Rogers Creek Valley. These valleys have long served as the primary sites for settlement and agriculture, evidenced by the cluster of small communities and crossroads such as Tranquillity, Sewee, and Boggess Crossroad.

Genealogists will find a high density of burial sites and houses of worship throughout this area. Several Baptist congregations, including Valley Road Baptist Church and Rogers Creek Baptist Church, anchor the local communities. The presence of both the Walnut Grove Cemetery and the Old Walnut Grove Cemetery indicates a long-standing pattern of residence and the shifting center of local life over generations near Walnut Grove.