2002 Map of Greenup

About this map

The Ohio River carves a deep valley through the borderlands of Kentucky and Ohio, serving as a primary corridor for the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad and heavy industrial sites like Franklin Furnace. The landscape is defined by the contrast between the flat, developed floodplains near Greenup and the labyrinth of steep hollows such as Big Doney Hollow and Coal Bank Hollow that stretch into the interior. On the Ohio side, the French Grants lands reveal a unique surveying history, while the Kentucky side shows dense settlement expansion at Wurtland and Raceland Junction. Family history is deeply rooted in the terrain, with numerous small burial grounds like Gilruth-Davisson Cem and Cochran Cem tucked away near the winding courses of the Little Sandy River and Tygarts Creek.