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1953 Map of Hardinsburg

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Hardinsburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

About this map

Hardinsburg serves as the focal point of this mid-century topographic record, situated at the junction of critical local transit routes and the Hardins Creek valley. The map reveals a community defined by its rural institutions, with rural congregations at Horsley Chapel, Friendship Ch, and Ephesus Ch anchoring the surrounding countryside. Educational and civic infrastructure is prominently mapped, including the St Romuald Sch and the County Airport situated just east of the primary settlement.

Sinking Creek meanders across the northern reaches, supporting small outposts like Clifton Mills. The landscape is a network of ridges and hollows, such as Dorridge and Miller Hollow, where smaller settlements like Codyville, Harned, and Bells emerged along the winding roadways. This 1953 survey, updated in the early 1980s, documents the transition of this Breckinridge County area from its traditional agricultural roots toward a more modernized local infrastructure.