A Bibliography of African American Places in Tennessee (Ken Middleton) provides sources for documenting the histories and locations of churches, schools, other properties, and communities. Sources referenced include Sanborn maps, county maps from the 1930s that provide school locations, newspaper articles, theses and dissertations, and books.
Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970
These detailed black and white maps of over 100 Tennessee towns and cities provide a wealth of information, such as building outline, size and shape, construction materials, height, building use, windows and doors, street and sidewalk widths, boundaries, house numbers, and more.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps: Knoxville (University of Tennessee Libraries)
Full-color maps from 1884, 1890, 1903, and 1917.