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1953 Map of Haldeman

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Haldeman
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1954
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1954

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The Chesapeake and Ohio railroad corridor anchors the northern edge of this Rowan County survey, where industry and transportation followed the winding path of Triplett Creek. The settlement at Haldeman and nearby Hays Crossing serve as focal points for a landscape defined by sharp ridges and narrow stream valleys. Much of the southwestern portion of the sheet is managed within the Cumberland National Forest, while the eastern reaches include the village of Elliottville.

A network of small country schools, including Ditney Sch, Wes Cox Sch, and Slabcamp Sch, illustrates the dispersed settlement pattern typical of the eastern Kentucky foothills in the mid-1950s. Family and community markers such as the Christian Cem and Oak Grove Ch are distributed among the hollows, documenting a rural way of life centered on the Midland Trail and the various branches of Christy Creek.