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2010 Map of Ault

Name: 2010 Topographic Map of Ault
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2010
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

The ridge-and-hollow terrain of Elliott County is meticulously detailed here, centered on the community of Sideway and the winding course of Big Caney Creek. This 2010 survey highlights a rural landscape defined by family history, where dozens of small family burial grounds like the Flem Jones Cemetery and LeMasters-Holbrook Cemetery sit adjacent to homesteads and narrow mountain roads. The presence of the Gimlet Post Office and Stark Post Office indicates the enduring importance of these small rural hubs in the eastern Kentucky hills.

Industry and local transit are represented by the Olive Hill Airport in the northeast and small clusters like the Globe Community. The map tracks several prominent ridges, including Brown Ridge and Mabry Ridge, which separate the various forks and branches of the Laurel Creek and Clifty Creek watersheds. This survey serves as a vital record for genealogists tracing family names—such as Fannin, Mabry, and Skaggs—back to specific plots of land and ancestral burial sites across the hollows.