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1992 Map of Broad Bottom

Name: 1992 Topographic Map of Broad Bottom
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1992
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1992

About this map

The coal and transportation corridors of the Kentucky mountains are deeply etched into this study of the Levisa Fork valley. In the early 1990s, the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad and heavy traffic along Us 23 Us 119 Us 460 linked a dense string of valley settlements including Coal Run, Blair Town, and Broad Bottom. The landscape reflects a mix of industrial and community life, where numerous Mines and a Strip Mine sit on the ridges above valley landmarks like the Pike County Airport and the Mullins Sch.

Further into the hollows and along Johns Creek, the map records family-named sites such as May Farm and Shelby Chapel, alongside local points of interest like the Golf Course and Moss Camp. The map illustrates how topography dictated development, forcing homes and industry into the narrow bottoms of Hurricane Creek and Sycamore Creek while leaving the surrounding summits to timber and mining operations.