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1954 Map of Centerville

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Centerville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

North Elkhorn Creek winds through this Central Kentucky landscape, defining the boundaries where Scott, Bourbon, and Fayette counties meet. The map reveals a post-war rural environment characterized by horse farm heritage and early transit corridors, anchored by the prominent Man-O-War Monument and the geological landmark at Russell Cave. The Frankfort and Cincinnati railroad cuts a straight path through the northern terrain, serving established settlements like Newtown and Centerville.

Local life in the mid-1950s is evidenced by numerous country schools and houses of worship, such as Center Hill Sch and Mt Horeb Ch. Smaller communities like New Zion, Mattoxtown, and Jimtown appear along a network of winding lanes including Lemons Mill Road and Horeb Road. This survey documents a specific moment in the Bluegrass region before modern suburban expansion, preserving the locations of numerous family homesteads and unnamed cemeteries scattered across the rolling farmsteads.