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1950 Map of Isonville

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Isonville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1952
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1952

About this map

Sandy Hook serves as a primary local hub at the northwestern bend of the Little Sandy River in this 1950s survey of Elliott County. The landscape is defined by an intricate network of narrow hollows and winding branches, where small settlements and rural schoolhouses like Terry Wright-Watson Sch and Brack Adkins Sch anchor remote communities. The transition from timber to early energy extraction is evident, with numerous Oil Wells scattered across the ridges and along the Right Fork and Lick Fork of the Newcombe Creek watershed.

Prominent landmarks such as the Peters Hill Lookout Tower overlook the confluence at Isonville, while the upland terrain features distinctive locales like Fraley Flat and Buck Knob. Genealogists may find value in the specific placement of family-named landmarks and rural institutions, including Fraley Chapel and several isolated school sites such as Sheepskin Sch and Holly Grove Sch, which illustrate the distributed settlement pattern common to this era of eastern Kentucky history.