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1953 Map of Rochester

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Rochester
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1954
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1954

About this map

The Green River meanders sharply along the border of Ohio, Muhlenberg, and Butler Counties, anchoring a landscape defined by river commerce and rural agriculture in the early 1950s. At the confluence of the Green and Mud River, the town of Rochester serves as a focal point, situated near Lock No 3 and Town Lake. This era shows a distributed network of small communities and social centers, including Knightsburg, Skilesville, and Ennis, each supported by local institutions like Union Chapel and Forest Grove Ch.

Educational life is marked by several localized schools such as Mud River Union Sch and Forest Oak Sch, while the southern reaches of the map near Huntsville indicate active resource extraction with an Oil Field and numerous Oil Wells. The winding paths of Hazel Creek and Rocky Creek cut through the terrain, passing landmarks like Ward Bridge and Grindstone Bend, illustrating the complex drainage of the Pennyroyal Plateau region before modern highway expansion.