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1960 Map of Elizabethtown

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Elizabethtown
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1962
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1962

About this map

Elizabethtown serves as the focal point of this 1960 revision, showing the community just as the Kentucky Turnpike (Toll Road) began to reshape local transit. The map documents a blend of established civic life and new expansion, including the Elizabethtown Country Club and residential pockets like Indian Hills. Educational and religious institutions are dense within the town, from St James High Sch to the Morningside Sch. Outside the urban center, the landscape remains defined by agricultural drainage along Valley Creek and Middle Creek.

Genealogists can find several family-named landmarks and burial sites, including the Browns Cem, Helm Cem, and McCullum Cem. The presence of the Illinois Central and Louisville and Nashville railroads highlights the area's historical role as a transportation hub. From the high ground at Tunnel Hill to the southern reaches of East Rhudes Creek, this survey documents the transition of Hardin County from a rural rail corridor to a modern interstate crossroads.