2013 Map of Grand Rivers

About this map

Kuttawa and Grand Rivers occupy the narrow land between two massive water bodies, where the Cumberland River and Kentucky Lake converge. This 2013 survey illustrates a landscape deeply shaped by twentieth-century civil engineering, featuring the massive Barkley Dam Rd and the Ralph Smith Bridge spanning the water. The map provides significant detail for genealogists, marking family-named sites like Peek Cem and Chestnut Oak Cem, alongside industrial and state footprints such as the Kentucky State Penitentiary Farm. Small settlements like Suwanee and Lake City are connected by a network of local roads and the corridor of the Old I C G RR Rd, reflecting the region's transition from a railroad-dependent economy to one centered on the recreation and utility of Lake Barkley. Notable terrain features like Buzzard Rock and Money Cliff stand above the eastern shoreline, marking the original topography of the river valley.