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1952 Map of Wolf Pit Ridge

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Wolf Pit Ridge
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1952
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1952

About this map

Gillises Mills and the surrounding Hardin County highlands are defined by an intricate network of hollows and ridges during this post-war era. The landscape is marked by small upland communities and family landmarks, with Center Star and Todd serving as local anchor points. Transport is dominated by winding creek-side tracks and the notable Pinhook Road, which traverses the ridge lines above Turkey Creek.

Evidence of early industrial and social life remains in the various water-powered sites and family-named features like Mozier Mill Creek and Godwin Mill Hollow. Genealogy researchers can find numerous small burial grounds and rural institutions, including Abrams Chapel, the Gillis Sch, and the Lacefield Cem. The concentration of cemeteries such as Bratton Cem and Franks Cem underscores the long-standing family ties to these specific Tennessee valleys before further modernization changed the rural character.