2010 Map of Ketchen

About this map

Ketchen and Creekmore sit within a landscape defined by steep ridges and winding watercourses along the Tennessee-Kentucky border. The area's industrial legacy is marked by the Gum Fork Mine in the west and Baird Mine in the southeast, indicating the region's reliance on coal extraction. A dense network of family-named cemeteries, such as the Adkins Cemetery, Blankenship Cemetery, and Lawson Cemetery, are scattered across the terrain, reflecting deep-rooted generational ties to the hollows. Numerous high points including Angel Mountain, Chitwood Mountain, and Stephens Knob overlook a maze of drainages like Capuchin Creek and Gum Fork. The distribution of these burial grounds and small settlements suggests a history of isolated mountain communities connected by narrow forest roads and the labor of the mines.