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1967 Map of Nelsonville

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Nelsonville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

About this map

The Louisville and Nashville RR follows the winding course of the Rolling Fork through this central Kentucky landscape, where the borders of Nelson, Hardin, and Larue counties converge. The terrain is defined by prominent ridges like Farmers Ridge and Crady Ridge, which separate a network of deep hollows such as Pearl Hollow and Broadhead Hollow. The small settlement of Nelsonville serves as a focal point near the northern bend of the river, while the community of Roanoke sits further south along the Kentucky Lincoln Trail.

Genealogists will find a high concentration of family-named landmarks and small burial grounds, including the Bledsoe Cem, Daugherty Cem, and Castleman Cem. Local worship is centered around rural congregations like Union Ch and Middle Creek Ch. The presence of the Blue Grass Parkway and Younger Toll Road indicates the modernization of regional transport while the traditional rural character of the creek valleys remained intact during the late 1960s.