The South Fork Obion River carves a broad valley through the center of this rural Carroll County landscape, flanked by a network of drainage tributaries including Elender Creek, Todd Creek, and Reedy Creek. This early 21st-century survey reveals a highly distributed agricultural community characterized by family-named roads and numerous small burial grounds that dot the countryside. Prominent genealogical sites like Union Academy Cemetery, Saint Johns Cemetery, and Mount Olive Cemetery serve as anchor points for the surrounding farmsteads. Local water management is visible through features like the Shoof Lake Dam and Presley Dam, which create small reservoirs such as Shoof Lake and Presley Lake amidst the flat creek bottoms. The infrastructure reflects a long-standing rural grid, with thoroughfares like Oak Grove Rd and St John Church Rd connecting the scattered residents to the nearby town centers just off the map's edge.
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1936 · Center Ridge
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1950 · Palmer Shelter
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1955 · Henry
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1955 · Huntingdon
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1956 · Dyersburg
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1956 · Blytheville
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1959 · Blytheville
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1966 · Mc Lemoresville
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1966 · Atwood
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1966 · Trezevant West
USGS Topo · 1:24,000