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1947 Map of White City

Name: 1947 Topographic Map of White City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

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Cumberland Plateau terrain dominates this 1947 survey of the borderlands between Grundy and Marion counties. The landscape is defined by deep incisions like Robinson Cove and Dixon Cove, where numerous Strip Mines indicate the region's mid-century industrial activity. Settlement is dispersed across the high flats and within the coves, including small clusters at White City and Lankford Town, alongside family-named sites such as Sides Place and Pyburn Place.

Social centers are anchored by the Foster Falls Sch and the Gregg Cem, while the Big Hill Lookout Tower stands as a sentinel over the heavily wooded Grundy State Forest. Significant water features like Big Fiery Gizzard Creek and the impressive Foster Falls carve through the sandstone caprock, illustrating the complex drainage patterns of the southern plateau before modern development altered the wilderness character of the area.