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1949 Map of Poole

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Poole
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

Camp Breckinridge Military Reservation dominates the southern landscape of this 1949 survey, where the borders of Henderson, Webster, and Union counties meet. This military presence sits adjacent to a traditional agricultural and industrial corridor defined by the Illinois Central railroad. The map documents a rural society deeply rooted in family landholdings, evidenced by the high density of small burial grounds such as Jones Cem, Price Cem, and Royster Cem.

Settlement patterns center on the larger towns of Corydon and Poole, while smaller locales like Jonesburg and Cairo dot the crossroads. Emerging industry is visible through several oil wells and an Oil Field near the center of the sheet. The terrain is intricately drained by a network of waterways including Beaverdam Creek and its North Fork, along with Opossum Creek and Whitelick Creek, which carve through the low hills of the Western Kentucky Coal Field region.