2016 Map of Buchanan

About this map

Mount Pleasant and the surrounding borderlands of Henry County define this rural landscape as it appeared in the mid-2010s. The terrain is deeply carved by a network of waterways including Eagle Cr and the extensive Blood River Drainage Ditch, which channel water toward the eastern edge of the quadrangle near the shores of Kentucky Lake. This map is an exceptional resource for genealogists, documenting a high density of family and community burial grounds such as McGhee Old Slave Cem, Mount Zion Cem, and Valentine Cem. These sites, along with landmarks like Heglar Chapel, suggest a long-established rural social fabric that persists even as the land is utilized for modern agriculture and drainage management. The small settlements of Freeland and Oak Grove serve as local anchors connected by a winding network of country roads like Tobacco Stick Dr and Dogwood Thicket Rd.