1971 Map of Whiteville

About this map

The Hatchie River dominates this West Tennessee landscape as it winds through a dense network of oxbows and wetlands, including Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge and Mulherin Bend. The river's influence is clear in the numerous small water bodies like Horseshoe Lake and Silver Moon Lake that dot the bottomlands. Settlement is concentrated along the Louisville and Nashville railroad corridor, with Whiteville serving as a primary hub. To the southeast, the expansive grounds of the Western State Hospital sit just outside Bolivar. The map reveals a deeply established rural social fabric, documented through an exceptionally high density of local institutions such as Cloverport Chapel Sch, Bartlett Chapel, and Pilgrims Rest Cem, which served the outlying communities of Mercer, Vildo, and Laconia.