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1953 Map of Mazie

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Mazie
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1955
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1955

About this map

The boundary of Elliott and Lawrence Counties cuts through a landscape defined by its narrow hollows and ridge-top settlements in the mid-1950s. This survey illustrates the vital role of decentralized community hubs, showing numerous country schools and churches like Upper Cains Creek School and Mazie Church that served families tucked along the various forks of the Little Sandy River. The presence of several family-named burial grounds, including the Jason Boggs Cemetery and Hay Cemetery, offers significant data for genealogists tracing ancestral homesteads in this part of Kentucky.

Industrial activity is clearly delineated with an extensive Gas and Oil Field spanning the central valleys and Strip Mines in the northwest. These energy resources, alongside small agricultural settlements like Mazie, Martha, and Skaggs, reveal the economic backbone of the region during this era. The terrain is a complex network of waterways, from Cains Creek to Whites Creek, that dictated the placement of roads and the isolation of small communities like Culver and Halcom.