
Watts Creek and the Louisville and Nashville railroad corridor define the primary settlement axis in this southeastern Kentucky valley. The village of Rockholds sits at the junction of KY 26 and KY 511, serving as a hub for a dispersed rural population connected by narrow hollows and ridge roads. The landscape is heavily marked by the region's extractive economy, with numerous Strip Mines and a Strip Mine cut into the hillsides of Bunch Mountain and King Mountain.
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4 editions found
1886 · Cumberland Gap
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1888 · Cumberland Gap
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1890 · Williamsburg
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1891 · Cumberland Gap
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1894 · Williamsburg
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1952 · Corbin
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1952 · Wofford
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1952 · Barbourville
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1952 · Heidrick
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1952 · Vox
USGS Topo · 1:24,000