2022 Map of Custer

About this map

Hudson and Custer anchor the eastern landscape of this Breckinridge County study, where the terrain is deeply etched by the N-Fork-Rough River and its numerous tributaries. The map reveals a high density of family and community burial grounds, such as Cook Cem, Elliott Cem, and the Locust Hill United Methodist Church Cem, reflecting generations of rural settlement. These sites are linked by a network of winding local roads like the Locust Hill-Buras-Custer Rd that follow the contours of Marks Ridge and descend into Ivory Hollow. The presence of small settlements like Woodrow, Buras, and Mook alongside countless named branches and prongs, including Clear Prong and Muddy Prong, illustrates a landscape where life and transport were closely dictated by the drainage patterns of the Kentucky interior.