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1949 Map of Olivehill

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Olivehill
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

Hardin Creek winds through the heart of this Hardin County landscape, feeding into the expansive Kentucky Lake at the northern edge. The settlement of Olivehill serves as a primary hub in the south, positioned near the Arch Bridge and Hardin Spring. The area's social and historical fabric is visible through a high concentration of family and community landmarks, including Mt Carmel Ch, Bethlehem Cem, and Union Chapel.

Detailed topography reveals a complex network of hollows such as Hosey Hollow, Mash Hollow, and Paradise Hollow, which define the drainage patterns toward Indian Creek. The map records numerous springs and rural crossroads like Thompson Crossroads, illustrating the distribution of remote farmsteads and early 20th-century road networks before modern highway expansions. For genealogists, the inclusion of small, isolated burial sites like Jowery Cem and Bailey Cem provide precise locations for ancestral research in this portion of the Tennessee Valley.