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1973 Map of Glasgow South

Name: 1973 Topographic Map of Glasgow South
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

The city of Glasgow serves as the focal point of this Barren County landscape, showing significant educational and civic infrastructure including Bunche High Sch, Liberty Street Sch, and Glasgow High Sch. The town's expansion is evident in the residential clusters near Woodland Park and the developing Shopping Center at the city's western edge. Southward, the terrain is defined by the winding course of the Barren River and its major tributaries, Skaggs Creek and Falling Timber Creek.

A network of rural communities such as Pritchardsville, Haywood, and Roseville are connected by the Cumberland Parkway and numerous local routes. This era of the landscape is marked by the influence of the Barren River Lake inundation areas and a notable presence of the petroleum industry, with oil wells scattered throughout the western sections near Oak Grove Ch. Researchers will find a high density of rural religious and family landmarks, from Dover Ch to the South Fork Cem.