Loading map...

1954 Map of Bobtown

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Bobtown
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

Buck Creek and its numerous tributaries, such as Whetstone Creek and Pitman Creek, carve a landscape of prominent ridges and knobs in this mid-century survey of rural Pulaski County. The area is defined by a dense network of small agrarian settlements and family-named landmarks, including the Mincow Farm and Peach Orchard Knob. Local life centered around a high concentration of community institutions, from the Camp Ground Sch in the southwest to Eden Ch and the Hazeldell Ch in the northeast.

A notable geomorphological feature, the Saltpeter Cave, lies east of the Dabney settlement, while the terrain is punctuated by distinctive heights like Jingling Hole Knob and Buzzard Rock Knob. The road network of the 1950s, featuring KY 70 and U S 27, connected these remote hamlets, while scattered Oil Wells and a Quarry indicate the small-scale extractive industries of the period. Numerous family burial grounds, such as Ware Cem and Dollens Cem, provide critical data for those tracing local lineages.