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2011 Map of Landersville

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Landersville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Landersville and the surrounding Lawrence County uplands are defined by a network of rural settlements and family cemeteries. Small communities such as Mount Hope, Needmore, and Hickory Grove anchor a landscape bisected by numerous waterways including Town Creek and the curiously named Troublesome Creek. The terrain transitions from the relatively level agricultural lands in the north to more complex topography in the south, where Stinson Gap and McClung Gap provide passage through the rising ridges.

Genealogists and local historians will find significant value in the documentation of several family and community burial grounds, such as Smith Cemetery, Wear Cemetery, and Old Prospect Cemetery. The inclusion of modern infrastructure, specifically the Town Creek Watershed Number 14 Dam and Town Creek Watershed Number 22 Dam, illustrates contemporary water management efforts across the drainage basins of Mattox Creek and Flannagin Creek.