1950 Map of Waverly

About this map

The town of Waverly sits at a geographic crossroads where the Louisville and Nashville railroad meets the historic Old Broadway of America. This 1950s landscape, later updated in the 1960s, reveals a deep network of family cemeteries and rural homesteads such as the Old Fields Place. To the southwest, the terrain transitions into the waters of Kentucky Lake and the winding Duck River, areas protected within the Tennessee National Migratory Wildlife Refuge. The map captures the infrastructure of the era, from the Sewage disposal plant to the Tubbs Ford Bridge crossing Blue Creek. Genealogists will find a high density of burial sites including the Burnham Cems and County farm Cem, alongside landmarks like the Pigeon Roost lookout tower and the Mount Olivet Church.