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1972 Map of Bloomfield

Name: 1972 Topographic Map of Bloomfield
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1987
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1987

About this map

Bloomfield serves as the primary hub of this landscape where the Spencer Co Nelson Co line divides the rolling terrain. The town centers on the intersection of several regional routes, anchored by Maple Grove Cem and Brown Jr High Sch. To the north, the small community of Wakefield sits near the upper reaches of Ashes Creek, while further north, the Taylorsville Lake and the Salt River dominate the drainage system.

A network of family-named branches, such as Jacks Creek, Oak Lane Branch, and Charity Creek, feeds into larger waterways like Simpson Creek. This 1972 survey, updated with mid-1980s data, illustrates the balance between agricultural land and emerging regional infrastructure, most notably the Blue Grass Parkway (Toll Road) clipping the southern edge of the sheet near Roadside Park. Numerous unnamed cemeteries and local landmarks like the Quarry near Camp Branch provide specific points of interest for local historians.