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1952 Map of Frenchburg

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Frenchburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1953
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1953

About this map

The town of Frenchburg serves as the focal point of this 1952 study, situated at the eastern edge of the Cumberland National Forest. The landscape is dominated by a dense network of hollows and ridges, such as McCausey Ridge and Joe Smallwood Ridge, which dictated the early settlement patterns of Menifee County. Small community clusters like Goosetown and Cornwell appear along the valley floors, often anchored by local institutions including Tabor Ch and the Goosetown Sch.

Extensive natural resource extraction is evident throughout the terrain, marked by numerous Gas Wells and Oil Wells scattered across the hillsides, alongside the Stone Quarries near Stonequarry Creek. A significant Pipe Line traverses the central portion of the map, cutting across Slate Creek and Beaver Creek. For genealogists, the map preserves the locations of several rural schoolhouses, including East Fork Sch and Dog Trot Sch, which were central to these isolated mountain communities in the mid-20th century.