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1965 Map of Manleyville

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Manleyville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

Manleyville serves as a central point in this mid-1960s landscape, where the agricultural uplands of Henry County meet the managed bottomlands of the Big Sandy River Dewatering Area. The terrain is defined by a dense network of cemeteries and small rural churches, such as Manleys Chapel Cem and Williams Grove Ch, which suggest established family lineages and deep-rooted community ties across the Pleasant Hill ridge.

Water management is a dominant theme of the era, visible in the intricate Drainage Canal systems and sloughs like Swift Slough that feed toward the Kentucky Reservation Boundary. The historic Reynoldsburg Road and the Louisville and Nashville railroad corridor provide the primary infrastructure for the area, connecting the smaller settlements of Bain and Springville to the wider region. This survey captures a moment when traditional land use patterns were being increasingly influenced by large-scale Tennessee Valley Authority water control projects.