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1968 Map of Madisonville

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Madisonville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

Madisonville serves as the central hub of this Piedmont landscape, situated where the Norfolk and Western railway cuts through the hills of Charlotte County. The terrain is defined by a dense network of drainages, including the prominent Wards Fork Creek and its tributary Terrys Creek, which flow southward through deeply carved valleys. Landmarks such as Lyle Mtn and Baker Mtn rise above the agricultural and timbered lands, with the latter featuring a noted Mine.

Social and community life in the late 1960s is evidenced by several dispersed rural congregations and burial grounds, such as Alabama Ch, White Oak Grove Ch, and the Mt Lyle Cem. Industry and infrastructure are concentrated along the rail line, noted at Maloney Siding and an Industrial Waste Pond near Spring Creek Lake. The map also captures smaller, family-named locales like Vincent Corner and Taro, alongside historical water-power sites like Wards Fork Mill, reflecting the long-standing relationship between local industry and the region's creek systems.