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2016 Map of Magnolia

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Magnolia
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

Magnolia and Buffalo anchor the northern reaches of this central Kentucky landscape, where the headwaters of multiple drainages create a complex network of ridges and hollows. The area is defined by its rural connectivity, with a dense grid of family-named routes such as J E Jones Rd and Ned Russel Rd linking disparate homesteads. This 2016 survey documents the enduring agricultural and residential patterns at the meeting point of Larue, Hart, and Green counties.

Watercourses like Lynn Camp Cr and Bacon Cr carve through the southern half of the quadrangle, where the terrain becomes increasingly dissected. Local history is preserved in several small burial grounds, including the Mount Tabor Church Cem near Mount Sherman and the Russell Cem further south. The map reflects a landscape of small communities and family landholdings that have maintained their character into the twenty-first century.