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1959 Map of Mount Washington

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Mount Washington
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1960
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1960

About this map

Floyds Fork meanders through the heart of the landscape, defining the rugged transition from the Jefferson Co Bullitt Co line down toward the Salt River. This late-1950s documentation of the Mount Washington area reveals a rural community organized around family-named roads and country parishes. Genealogists will find a wealth of burial records, from the large Highland Memorial Gardens Cem to smaller family plots like Gentry Cem and Perkins Cem.

The presence of the Radio Range Station and several regional schools, such as Lovvorn Sch, alongside the agricultural grid of Farmers Road and Independence Road, highlights the mid-century infrastructure of this Kentucky crossroads. Small settlements like Fairmount and Smithville appear as they did before major suburban expansion, anchored by local institutions like Bethel Ch and the Thixton Lane Ch.