1913 Map of Drakesboro

About this map

Greenville and Drakesboro serve as the primary hubs in this early 20th-century view of the coal and rail landscape of Muhlenberg County. The region's industrial backbone is clearly marked by the Illinois Central RR and the Louisville and Nashville RR, which connect mining outposts like Diamond Block and Browder to the wider world. The map reveals a dense network of local landmarks, including over two dozen rural schoolhouses such as Sharon School and Lead Hill School, and essential community gathering points like Dixon's Store and Crafts Store. Along the southern boundary with Todd County, the terrain shifts into the drainage basins of Pond River and Mud River. Geologic and structural details like the Twin Tunnels and the prominent Whiterock Cliff provide significant waypoints for those tracing family roots in this corner of the western Kentucky coalfields.