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1953 Map of New Haven

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of New Haven
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1954
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1954

About this map

Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani (Trappist P O) stands as a major landmark in this Nelson County landscape, where the Trappist post office serves the historic monastic community. The 1950s terrain is characterized by a dense concentration of knobs, including Watson Knob, Cambron Knob, and the Forty Acre Knobs, which rise sharply from the valley floor. The Louisville And Nashville railroad follows the course of Pottinger Creek, linking the small settlements of Gethsemane and New Hope.

Along the winding Rolling Fork and Beech Fork rivers, the map records numerous family-named sites such as the Beeler-Vittitow Cem and Greenwell Cem, reflecting generations of local settlement. From the community of New Haven to the smaller crossroads of Culvertown and Athertonville, the survey details a network of rural roads like Pottinger Road that connected these agrarian centers before mid-century modernization altered the rural character of the region.