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1925 Map of Leitchfield

Name: 1925 Topographic Map of Leitchfield
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1925
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1925

About this map

Leitchfield serves as the regional hub for this 1920s landscape, which spans the border of Grayson and Edmonson counties. The Illinois Central railroad cuts a diagonal path through the northern half of the sheet, connecting towns like Caneyville and Millwood to the wider commerce of the state. Local industry is evident at the Meredith Coal Bank, while the rural interior is densely punctuated by small one-room schoolhouses such as Quisenberry School and Rogers Springs School.

A network of historical wagon roads, including the Hartford Road and Elizabethtown Road, radiates from the county seat across a terrain carved by the Rough River and Caney Creek. The southern reaches show a complex system of drainage into Sunfish Creek and the Nolin River, where the geography supported small communities like Bee Spring and Sweeden. This survey details the numerous country churches, such as Mt Pleasant Church and New Harmony Church, which served as the social anchors for farming families before the mid-century consolidation of rural districts.