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1942 Map of Hico

Name: 1942 Topographic Map of Hico
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1942
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1942

About this map

Hico sits at the center of this rural landscape along the Marshall and Calloway County line, just as the region’s agricultural patterns were being meticulously recorded before the mid-century. The terrain is defined by a dense network of drainage, including Jonathan Creek and Sugar Creek, which carve through the uplands. This survey reveals a deeply settled backcountry where social life revolved around small rural centers like Tatums Store and Shiloh.

Genealogists will find a wealth of specific family history markers, with nearly twenty named cemeteries such as Curd Cem, Ivy Cem, and Skinner Cem scattered across the homesteads. The distribution of neighborhood institutions, from Palestine Sch to Friendship Ch, illustrates the walking-distance community structure of early 20th-century Kentucky. Notable landmarks like the Buzzard Roost topographic feature provide further orientation within this complex system of ridges and branches.