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1982 Map of Mount Washington

Name: 1982 Topographic Map of Mount Washington
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1990
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1990

About this map

The town of Mount Washington serves as the central hub of this Bullitt County landscape, situated at the crossroads of several historic local routes like Flat Rock Road and Bethany Road. The area is defined by the winding course of Floyds Fork and the Salt River along the southern boundary, where the terrain transitions from upland plateaus to deep river valleys. This topography influenced the placement of numerous family and community landmarks, including a significant concentration of burial sites such as Highland Mem Gardens Cem, Showalter Cem, and St Francis Cem.

Smaller rural clusters like Thixton and Fairmount appear to the north, supported by local institutions such as Independence Ch and Oak Grove Ch. For the local historian, the map preserves the exact locations of many family-named landmarks including Gentry Cem and Owens Cem, alongside the industrial presence of a quarry near the northern border, documenting the region's balance of agricultural heritage and suburban growth in the early 1980s.