2016 Map of Windle

About this map

Roaring River winds through the Highland Rim where the borders of Overton, Jackson, and Putnam counties converge. This landscape is defined by its deep drainages and numerous family burial grounds that anchor the rural landscape, including the Allen Chapel Cem, Franklin Cem, and Crawford Cem. Small communities like Hardy, Waterloo, and Dodson Branch are connected by a network of winding roads such as Poplar Springs Rd and Duncans Chapel Rd, tracing the high ground between creek beds. The area exhibits a classic Tennessee pattern of scattered homesteads and small agricultural clusters, with Mason Lake and the confluence of branches like Honey Br and Lick Br into the larger river system. The proximity of several cemeteries near Rickman and Windle suggests long-established family ties to these specific hollows and ridges.