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1924 Map of Frankfort

Name: 1924 Topographic Map of Frankfort
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1924
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1924

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The Kentucky River dominates this 1920s survey, snaking through deep limestone cuts past Frankfort and down through the tobacco and distillery country of Franklin and Anderson counties. The river-borne economy is visible in infrastructure like Lock No. 4 and Lock No. 5, while the towering Youngs High Bridge carries the Southern RR over the river near Tyrone.

Rural life in the early twentieth century is mapped in detail across the uplands, from the cluster at Forks of Elkhorn to the numerous small district schools like Choateville School and McGinnis School. Significant early transport corridors are documented through the presence of the Shryocks Ferry crossing and a network of turnpikes, including the Louisville Pike and Frankfort and Georgetown Pike, which supported the region's agricultural commerce between the river and the rail hubs at Lawrenceburg and Alton Station.