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1951 Map of Hickory

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Hickory
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1956
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1956

About this map

The Illinois Central Railroad corridor serves as the primary artery for Graves County in the early 1950s, connecting the village of Hickory to the northern edge of Mayfield. This agricultural and industrial landscape is marked by numerous family-named burial grounds and local institutions, including the North Mt Zion Church and Pleasant Grove Church. Clay extraction is a visible part of the local economy, with several clay pits and a larger clay pit near Hickory indicating the region's brick and ceramic resources.

At the southern map boundary, the County War Memorial Fairgrounds and the Radio tower (WNGO) signal the postwar expansion of Mayfield's cultural and media footprint. The terrain is defined by the Mayfield Creek drainage system, where the West Fork Mayfield Creek winds through a network of small settlements like Pottsville and Wilson. Genealogists will find an exceptional density of cemeteries, from the Stubblefield Cem to the Old Dowdy Cem, preserving the names of the area's earliest families.