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1953 Map of New Haven

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of New Haven
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

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The Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani stands as a central landmark in this Nelson County landscape, where the Louisville and Nashville railroad winds through the river valleys. The terrain is defined by a dense network of knobs, including Troutman Knob, Wolf Knob, and the Forty Acre Knobs, which rise sharply above the fertile bottomlands of the Beech Fork and Rolling Fork.

Settlement patterns follow the rail lines and watercourses, with the town of New Haven serving as a significant hub near the confluence of local creeks. Smaller communities and family-named locations such as Culvertown, Athertonville, and Balltown are interspersed with historical sites like Icetown Ch and Vowles Cem. This 1950s record captures the region's mid-century rural character, documented just before significant modernization reached these traditional crossroads and monastic lands.