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2013 Map of Colfax

Name: 2013 Topographic Map of Colfax
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2013
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2013

About this map

Licking River divides this portion of Bath County, Kentucky, where the landscape transitions from the river valley into the foothills of Smoky Hollow and Flood Mountain. The settlement of Wyoming sits at a historic crossroads near the river, while the presence of Whickliffe Forge and the Ore Mines near Shrout points to a legacy of early industry and resource extraction in the region.

Genealogists will find a significant number of family-named burial grounds scattered across the terrain, including Allen Cem, McCarthy Cem, and the Slaty Point Cem. The map documents a rural economy still visible through features like the Colfax Oil Pool and the numerous small waterways such as Prickly Ash Cr and Knox Hill Br that historically dictated the placement of homesteads and small communities like Peasticks and Polksville.