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1968 Map of Panther

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Panther
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1970
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1970

About this map

The Owensboro-Daviess Co Airport and the expanding southern reaches of Owensboro anchor the northern landscape of this late-1960s survey. The map records a rural infrastructure in transition, where family-named ridges like Nickel Ridge and Nation Hill stand alongside numerous Oil Wells and a growing network of roads including Old Lyddane Bridge Road and Marksbury Road.

Community life is centered on scattered rural settlements such as Moseleyville, Pettit, and Handsville, each supported by local institutions like St Martin Sch and Panther Creek Ch. The meandering course of Panther Creek dominates the central terrain, while the southwestern corner shows significant landscape modification from mining operations. This period captures the traditional Daviess County agricultural pattern just as modern industrial and transportation developments began to reshape the outskirts of the city.