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1932 Map of Fordsville

Name: 1932 Topographic Map of Fordsville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1932
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1932

About this map

The Rough River defines the southern landscape of this 1929 survey, winding through a complex topography where Ohio Co, Grayson Co, and Breckinridge Co meet. This era showcases a mature rural infrastructure of one-room schoolhouses and country churches, such as Pleasant Walk Sch and Newton Springs Ch, serving a population dispersed among the hills and hollows. The settlement at Fordsville acts as a regional hub, connected to the wider world by the Illinois Central and Louisville and Nashville railroads.

Transportation remains heavily influenced by the river systems, evidenced by the Barretts Ford Bridge and the Barretts Ferry PO Davidson Sta. The map preserves the exact locations of numerous vanished rural institutions, from Bobtown Sch to McGrady Creek Ch, reflecting a time before school consolidation and the automation of river crossings. Local industry is hinted at by features like Iron Ore Hill and the mill site at Falls of Rough.