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1947 Map of Verona

Name: 1947 Topographic Map of Verona
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

Duck River meanders across the northern portion of this landscape, its path marked by Numerous islands such as Tates Island and Cundiff Ford Island. The river once powered local industry, as evidenced by the namesake Hardison Mill and Lillard Mill. Further south, the terrain transitions into the valleys of Big Rock Creek and East Fork Rock Creek. This region of Maury and Marshall Counties was characterized by a dense network of family-held lands and small rural communities in the late 1940s.

Local family history is preserved through dozens of cemeteries like Ownby Cem, Mc Curdy Cem, and Boyett Cem. The Louisville and Nashville railroad cuts through the eastern half of the map, serving the community of Verona, while the Lewisburg and Franklin Pike provides a primary north-south artery through Berlin. The prominence of Sanctified Hill and Berlin Hill offers insight into the topographic character of this agricultural region before modern expansion.