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1954 Map of Lexington East

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Lexington East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1955
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1955

About this map

Lexington serves as the focal point of this mid-1950s survey, illustrating a period of significant growth where institutional landmarks and residential expansions meet the Bluegrass countryside. Educational history is densely represented here, from the campus of Transylvania University and Sayre College to local institutions like Constitution Sch and Morton Jr High Sch. The urban center gives way to a network of historic turnpikes and pikes, including Paris Road and Winchester Pike, which lead toward established horse country estates and rural settlements like Elmendorf and Muir.

A distinct rail-and-river economy is visible through the converging lines of the Southern and Louisville and Nashville railroads, which parallel water features such as North Elkhorn and the David Fork. Evidence of earlier local history is preserved in small family and community sites like Horse Cem and Howards Grove Cem, while the industrial and public health infrastructure is marked by the Eastern State Hospital and the nearby Filtration Plant at Reservoir No 2.