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2019 Map of Union Hill

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Union Hill
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Union Hill and its surrounding countryside along the Kentucky and Tennessee border reveal a landscape defined by small settlements and a network of ridges and hollows. The area is characterized by several distinct "crossroads" communities, including Cherry Crossroads, Denton Crossroads, and Miles Crossroads, which served as local hubs for the rural population. For genealogists and local historians, the inclusion of family and community burial sites like Union Hill Cem, Jonestown Cem, and Pitcock Cem provides essential location data for tracing ancestral roots in this border region.

The terrain is intricately carved by numerous waterways such as Hurricane Cr and Brimstone Cr, with prominent elevations like Brays Knob and McCormick Ridge shaping the road patterns. Water management features, including Line Cr Lake Number Three B and Lake Site Number Four, are scattered across the quadrangle, illustrating the modification of the natural drainage system for agricultural or flood control purposes during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.