1953 Map of Oldtown

About this map

Tygarts Creek and the Little Sandy River carve a dissected landscape through the Greenup and Carter County borderlands, revealing a rural Kentucky topography of narrow hollows and high ridges. The 1953 survey, later updated with mid-1970s data, illustrates a community structure centered on small settlements like Warnock, Oldtown, and Hopewell. The social fabric of the era is evidenced by numerous country schools, including Claylick Sch and Lost Creek Sch, alongside many family-named burial grounds like the Johnson Cem and Bellow Cem. Significant land use changes are visible in the northeast, where Greenbo Lake State Resort Park surrounds Greenbo Lake. The map also documents the region's natural resource extraction, noting several Oil Wells and a Gas Well along the river valleys, while Sugar Cane Hol and Tulga 1036 mark the varied local terrain.