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1961 Map of Big Spring

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Big Spring
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1962
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1962

About this map

Big Spring sits at the unusual three-way juncture of Meade, Breckinridge, and Hardin counties, serving as a focal point for this rural Kentucky landscape during the early 1960s. The area is defined by a dense network of karst topography and winding valleys, most notably Stith Valley and Long Hollow, where small settlements like Bewleyville and Maples Corner developed along established county roads.

Evidence of local industry and infrastructure is visible in the scattered Oil Well symbols and the prominent pipelines cutting across the northern reaches near Stith Valley. This survey captures the transition from traditional upland farming communities like High Plains and Corners to a modernizing landscape, marked by the presence of numerous small cemeteries and church sites that anchor the local genealogy of the three-county border region. Water features such as Blue Fork and Losenville Valley Cr highlight the drainage patterns through the characteristically pitted terrain.