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1951 Map of Bordley

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Bordley
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1951
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1951

About this map

The Camp Breckinridge Military Reservation dominates the northern landscape of this survey, marking a period when large tracts of the Kentucky countryside were designated for military training. The surrounding terrain is defined by a series of prominent ridges, including Persimmon Ridge and Yuba Ridge, which separate the drainage of Cany Fork and Crab Orchard Creek. These natural features dictated the placement of early settlements and agricultural nodes like Bordley and Hearin.

Family and community history is deeply rooted in the numerous small congregations and burial grounds scattered across the map. From the New Cedar Grove Church in the northeast to the Ashland Church in the south, these sites indicate the social fabric of rural Webster County. A system of man-made drainage, including Nall Ditch and Bordley Ditch, suggests a significant effort to manage the low-lying areas near the creek forks for agricultural use during the early 1950s.