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2010 Map of Ivyton

Name: 2010 Topographic Map of Ivyton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2010
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

Middle Creek Levisa Fork serves as a primary drainage corridor through this eastern Kentucky landscape, anchoring a series of small, dispersed settlements like Brainard and Gypsy. The area is notably dense with family burial grounds, such as the Boone Howard Cemetery and Hackworth and Spradling Cemetery, which suggest long-standing generational ties to specific hollows and ridges. These cemeteries are often tucked away near junctions like Ivyton or along the winding paths of the Burning Fork.

Infrastructure like the Wireman Post Office near Gapville points to the continued importance of local community hubs in this rural topography. The map illustrates a network of creek-side roads and branches, including Jennys Creek and Rice Branch, that define the movement of residents between small hamlets. This 2010 survey reflects a deeply traditional Appalachian pattern of settlement where life and heritage remain closely tied to the naming of every distinct fork and hollow, such as Coon Hollow and Swamp Branch.