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1972 Map of Kitts Hill

Name: 1972 Topographic Map of Kitts Hill
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

Wayne National Forest dominates the northern reaches of this Lawrence County landscape, where the waters of Lake Vesuvius and the Vesuvius Recreation Area provide a central focus for the region's topography. The area is defined by a dense network of hollows and ridges, including Bluegrass Ridge and Lodge Ridge, which channel numerous tributaries like Storms Creek and Ice Creek toward the Ohio River basin.

Settlement patterns in the early 1970s are concentrated around small hubs such as Kitts Hill, Andis, and Forestdale. For genealogists, the map is a detailed resource of rural infrastructure, noting landmarks like the Rock Hill Sch and several country churches including Oakland Chapel and Treadstone Ch. Numerous family-named burial grounds, such as Brummer Cem and Fradd Cem, are interspersed among small-scale Mines and a Quarry, reflecting a landscape of both timber and extraction.