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1936 Map of Manleyville

Name: 1936 Topographic Map of Manleyville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1936
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1936

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The Big Sandy River snakes through the lowlands of Henry County, joined by the Ramble Creek Drainage Ditch and numerous small branches such as Beasley Branch and Grove Branch. In this 1930s landscape, the small settlement of Manleyville serves as a local hub near the Mt Pleasant Cem. The area is densely packed with rural institutions that suggest a closely-knit agricultural community, from Manley Chapel and its associated Manley Chapel Cem to the oddly named Smith College located near the southern boundary.

Family history is deeply etched into the terrain through numerous small burial grounds and local schoolhouses. Genealogists can find the Kemp Cem near Carter Sch, while the northern portion of the quadrangle includes McDavids Sch and Mc Davids Cem. The drainage patterns, including the Drainage Ditch systems, reveal a landscape being actively managed for agriculture before the regional transformations brought by later water management projects.