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1952 Map of Bighill

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Bighill
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1954
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1954

About this map

Bobtown and the village of Bighill sit at the intersection of early Kentucky travel routes where the foothills meet the rising knobs. The landscape is defined by its social infrastructure of small rural schools and churches, such as New Liberty Ch, Log Cabin Sch, and Hammond Fork Sch, which served families scattered throughout deep hollows like Horse Cove and Hart Hollow.

Natural landmarks dominate the horizon, with Indian Fort Mtn and Pilot Knob providing significant elevation changes near the Cumberland National Forest boundary. The map records a specific mid-century moment before many of these smaller community nodes consolidated, preserving the locations of family-named sites like Hardin Cem and the remote Bark Road Sch. Waterways including Red Lick Creek and Owsley Fork carve through the terrain, dictating the placement of early settlements and roads.