2019 Map of Oakton

About this map

Mississippi River waters and the high ground of Chalk Bluff define the western reaches of this Hickman County landscape. The area transitions from the river bottomlands through a series of creeks including Obion Cr and Hollingsworth Cr toward the community of Clinton in the east. This survey documents the intersection of agriculture and ancestry, preserving the locations of several rural burial grounds such as Zion Cem, Roberts Cem, and New Chapel Cem. The settlement of Oakton serves as a central point along the local road network, which connects scattered hamlets like Hailwell and Whaynes Corner. Land use is primarily rural, with the topography marked by numerous small branches and creeks that feed the larger river system, reflecting the traditional drainage patterns and land divisions of western Kentucky.