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2022 Map of Madrid

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Madrid
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

The borderlands of Breckinridge, Grayson, and Hardin counties converge along the serpentine path of the Rough River, where the landscape is defined by deep bends like Harrell Bend and intricate water systems such as Little Clifty Creek. Small communities like Madrid, Eveleigh, and Hanging Rock anchor the uplands, their history preserved in numerous rural cemeteries and country churches. The terrain transitions from the distinct depression of The Sink in the north to the broad elevation of Mulberry Flats in the southeast.

Rural infrastructure is traced through family-named routes like Coyle Church Rd and Tug Howard Rd, which connect isolated homesteads to the northern outskirts of Leitchfield. This area demonstrates the persistent pattern of ridge-top settlements and valley-bound waterways typical of central Kentucky, where geographic features like Horseshoe Bend dictated the placement of roads and homesteads over generations.