1960 Map of Pitts Point

About this map

The Fort Knox Military Reservation dominates this landscape along the meandering Salt River and Rolling Fork. This 1960 revision of earlier surveys reveals a terrain defined by ridges and flats, where the small settlement of Pitts Point sits at a critical junction of the river and Pitts Point Road. The area is densely populated with small family and community burial grounds, such as Anderson Cem, Myers Cem, and Ridgeway Cem, providing a deep genealogical record for researchers. Landforms like The Knobs and Rising Sun Ridge frame the waterways, while the Floating Bridge Site on the river suggests earlier modes of transport in this corner of Bullitt and Hardin counties. In the southern flats, the Hays School and Atherton Flats mark the transition from the upland ridges to the broader river bottomlands.