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1965 Map of Eads

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Eads
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

Eads serves as a central hub on this Shelby County landscape, where the Louisville and Nashville railroad cuts across the terrain toward the Shelby and Fayette county line. The map reveals a post-war rural community structure transitioning toward development, evidenced by the scattered network of country schools like James Sch and Eads Sch, alongside established local landmarks such as Chambers Chapel and Friendship Temple.

South of the rail line, the settlement of Fisherville anchors a landscape defined by creeks and timbered bottoms. Notable conservation and leisure areas appear with the Herb Parsons Lake State Fish and Game Refuge and Lakeland Lake in the northwest. Local genealogists will find significant value in the numerous family and community burial grounds, including Bonner Cem, Brooks Cem, and Reid Cem, which reflect the deep-rooted settlement patterns of the region.