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1951 Map of Campbellsville

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Campbellsville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1954
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1954

About this map

Campbellsville serves as a central hub in this mid-century portrait of the Giles Co and Lawrence Co borderlands. The landscape is defined by an intricate network of hollows and ridges, where small communities like Marcella Falls and Liberty Hill took root along fertile creek bottoms. The settlement pattern here is distinctly rural and decentralized, with civic life anchored by a high density of country churches and schools, such as the Owen School and County Line Church.

Transport and topography are closely linked, as roads follow the paths carved by Weakley Creek, Factory Creek, and Big Creek. Genealogists will find a wealth of family-named landmarks and burial sites, including the Kimbrough Cem, Yarborough Cem, and Stafford Cem. The mapping, based on 1947 aerial photography, captures the area just before the significant modernization of the 1950s, preserving the locations of numerous small farmsteads and local landmarks like Mack and Oak Hill.