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1954 Map of Ogle

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Ogle
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Gooserock and Botto sit along the winding course of Goose Creek, anchoring a rural landscape defined by narrow valleys and numerous small-scale settlements in the mid-1950s. This territory in Clay Co and Knox Co is heavily marked by local educational and religious centers that served isolated creek-side communities, such as Swafford Ch and Ashers Fork Sch. The map reveals a highly decentralized social structure, where geographic features like Tater Knob and The Cut provided natural landmarks between scattered post offices and homes.

Transportation followed the water, with roads tracing the paths of Lockards Creek and Thomas Branch. Genealogists will find interest in the high density of family-named hollows and creek branches, including Tom Beatrece Hollow and Arnett Fork. The mapping of schools like Upper Otter Sch and Lower Mill Creek Sch highlights the distribution of the population throughout the deep mountain forks prior to modern school consolidation.