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1946 Map of Ewing

Name: 1946 Topographic Map of Ewing
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

Black Mountain and Little Black Mountain dominate this corner of the Appalachians, where the state lines of Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee converge. The terrain is marked by a succession of high ridges and narrow gaps, including the famous Cumberland Gap and the northern reaches of the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. Along the southern base of these peaks, the settlement of Ewing serves as a local hub near the Louisville and Nashville line.

Local life is recorded through a dense network of family landmarks and rural infrastructure, from the Cowan Mill on the Cumberland River to the numerous mountain churches like Arthur Chapel and Mt Carmel Ch. Genealogists will find significant value in the mapped locations of family burial grounds, such as Kincaid Cem, Wilson Cem, and Brittain Cem. The presence of several mountain schools, including the County Industrial Sch and Evergreen Sch, illustrates the distributed nature of the community before the era of modern consolidation.