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1950 Map of Brushart

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Brushart
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1950
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1950

About this map

Beauty Ridge and Zion Ridge dominate the landscape of this corner of eastern Kentucky, where the boundary between Lewis and Greenup counties follows the winding high ground. The 1950 topography reveals a deeply dissected terrain of narrow hollows and creek beds that dictated the placement of small rural communities like Whiteoak, York, and Brushart. This era in the Appalachian foothills was defined by a dense network of country schools and family burial grounds, providing a vital resource for genealogists.

Local education was localized to specific drainages, as evidenced by Kenton-Furnace Sch, Loper Sch, and Hampshire Sch. Transportation relied on the winding State Road and routes following the water, such as Horse Hollow Creek and Raccoon Creek. The naming of features like Powder Mill Hollow and Big Stone Coal Hollow Creek points to the early industrial activities that shaped these hollows before the mid-century.