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1961 Map of Greenup

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Greenup
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

About this map

The Ohio River acts as a busy corridor through this 1961 survey, bordered by the heavy industrial rail lines of the Chesapeake And Ohio and Norfolk And Western. The town of Greenup serves as a central hub, flanked by several smaller communities like Wurtland, Raceland Junction, and Haverhill. This era reveals a landscape transitioning from agricultural river bottoms to mid-century industrial development, evidenced by a Drive-in Theatre and the County Park and Fairgrounds.

Away from the river valley, the terrain becomes increasingly dense as it enters the Wayne National Forest. Numerous family cemeteries such as the Gilruth-Davisson Cem and Bumgarner Cem are tucked into the hollows alongside landmarks like the Our Lady of Fatima Shrine. Education and community life are grounded at the Township High Sch and Johnson Chapel Sch, while the southern reaches contain the early development of Greenbo Lake State Park.