2022 Map of Woolworth

About this map

Woolworth and Silvertop anchor this survey of the Tennessee hill country, where the landscape is defined by a dense network of hollows and ridges along the Houston and Humphreys County line. The terrain is deeply dissected, with family-named hollows like Warden Hollow and Jackson Hollow draining into the waters of Whiteoak Creek and Big Richland Creek. This area maintains a strong connection to its 19th-century settlement patterns, evidenced by a remarkable density of small family and community burial grounds tucked into the draws. Genealogists and local historians can find the locations of the Batson, Cleghorn, and Sinks cemeteries near the Woolworth settlement, or trace the Tennessee Ridge divide that separates the watershed between the Tennessee and Cumberland river systems. Water sources such as Blowing Spring and Curtis Spring highlight the importance of groundwater in this dissected plateau.