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1954 Map of Lick Creek

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Lick Creek
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

The winding Levisa Fork and its complex network of mountain hollows dominate this 1950s study of Pike County's coal country. The landscape is defined by the heavy infrastructure of mid-century extraction and transport, notably the Chesapeake and Ohio RR and Norfolk and Western RR tracks that follow the river bends. Evidence of the local economy appears in a strip mine near the southern border and a belt conveyor system near Mouthcard.

Community life at this time was centered around numerous small schools and churches tucked into the branches and forks, such as Millers Creek Sch, Lick Creek Sch, and Cedar Bottom Ch. Small settlements like Phyllis, Biggs, and Kimper are mapped alongside family-named landmarks like Flanary Cem, offering a detailed view of the rural settlement patterns before modern development altered these Kentucky valleys.