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1961 Map of Russellville

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Russellville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

Straight Creek and Gooselick Creek carve through the dissected plateau of northern Brown County, where agricultural patterns are broken by a network of steep-sided ridges and hollows. In the north, Russellville sits at a crossroads, its landscape marked by an Old Railroad Grade and several burial grounds, including the Old Russellville Cem and Linwood Cem Russellville. The map illustrates a rural economy shifting between traditional farming and technical advancement, evidenced by the State Agricultural Experiment Sta.

Near the southern edge, the terrain drops sharply toward the Ohio River at Ripley. This area is of significant historical importance, featuring the John Rankin Home and a deep network of named hollows like Chicken Hollow and Kope Hollow. Local transit history is preserved through details like the Covered Bridge on the road to Hillman Ridge, while the distribution of sites like Old Redoak Cem and Pisgah Cem provide a clear window into early settlement genealogy.