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1953 Map of Campbellsville

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Campbellsville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

About this map

Campbellsville serves as the focal point of this mid-century survey, showing the city's residential and industrial footprint before its later expansion. The Louisville and Nashville railroad bisects the landscape, connecting the urban core to rural communities like Arista and Elk Horn. Educational and religious life is documented through numerous small institutions such as Taylor Co Sch, Durham Sch, and Reed Chapel.

To the south, the terrain descends into a series of deeply carved hollows and ridges, including Smith Ridge and Indian Henry Hollow, eventually meeting the Green River. This transition from the developed plateau around the City Reservoir to the dense drainage networks of Robinson Creek and Wilson Creek illustrates the geographic boundary between the town's early municipal planning and the outlying agricultural and timbered lands along the Taylor and Adair County line.