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1946 Map of Pitts Point

Name: 1946 Topographic Map of Pitts Point
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1946
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1946

About this map

The Fort Knox Military Reservation dominates this 1946 landscape, showing a transition from rural Kentucky farmland to a specialized military training ground. The convergence of the Salt River and the Rolling Fork River serves as a natural anchor, where several Firing Lines and ranges sit adjacent to older landmarks like Pitts Point and Little Tokyo Village. Local history is deeply etched into the hills and valleys through dozens of small family and community burial grounds, such as Stovall Cem, Woolridge Cem, and Snellen Cem, many of which were enclosed within the military boundary.

Agricultural life persists in pockets like Glenn Meadows and around Hays School, while the terrain of The Knobs and Chappel Ridge dictates the winding paths of roads and creeks. Small water bodies like Marcum Lake and Zazios Pond dot the woodland areas north of the river. The map captures a specific moment when civilian structures, such as Mt Eden Ch, remained as markers of the area's pre-military settlement history.