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1977 Map of Clinton

Name: 1977 Topographic Map of Clinton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

Clinton serves as the focal point of this West Kentucky landscape, where the Illinois Central Gulf railroad cuts through the western edge of the community. The town's layout is centered around its civic and educational heart, featuring a prominent High Sch and several substations that point to the mid-century infrastructure of Hickman County. To the east and north, the terrain transitions into a more rural pattern of scattered settlements like Spring Hill, New Cypress, and Old Cypress, which are linked by a network of local roads crossing numerous waterways such as Cane Creek and Brush Creek.

The map reveals a deeply rooted rural social geography, with numerous country churches and family-named cemeteries serving the outlying farming communities. Places of worship such as Trinity Chapel, Mt Pleasant Ch, and Mt Moriah Ch are spaced along the ridges, while smaller burial grounds like McWhort Cem and Vivrett Cem provide vital clues for genealogical research. The southern boundary is defined by the winding course of Bayou de Chien, where a Gaging Station monitors the drainage of this creek-crossed landscape.