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1938 Map of Speed

Name: 1938 Topographic Map of Speed
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1938
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1938

About this map

Silver Creek and the Muddy Fork dominate this 1930s landscape, serving as the drainage backbone for a region defined by its rail connections and varied topography. The eastern edge of the map shows the industrial and transit corridor running through Sellersburg and Speed, where the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Indiana Railroad (Electric) parallel each other. This infrastructure supported the local economy just before the onset of World War II, linking rural outposts like Bennettsville and Memphis to the wider region.

Evidence of established community life is scattered throughout the hills and valleys, with small schoolhouses such as Warmans Sch and Atkins Sch and rural religious sites like Ebenezer Ch and Atkins Chapel. To the west, the terrain becomes significantly more dissected as it approaches the Clark Co Floyd Co boundary, where the headwaters of Indian Creek and Big Branch carve through the land near the Base Line survey marker.