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1946 Map of Vine Grove

Name: 1946 Topographic Map of Vine Grove
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

About this map

The Fort Knox Military Reservation dominates this 1940s landscape, illustrating a critical period of expansion for the facility during and immediately following World War II. The map reveals the intricate network of base infrastructure, including Godman Field, South Base, and various training routes like Battle Training Road. Beyond the federal boundaries, the civilian world is marked by the heavy traffic of the Dixie Highway and the intersection of the Illinois Central and Louisville and Nashville railroads.

Genealogists will find a wealth of family history in the dozens of rural cemeteries scattered across the hills, such as Patterson Chapel Cem, Bird Cem, and the Lincoln Memorial Cem. The terrain transitions from the Ohio River bottomlands at West Point to the prominent ridge of Muldraugh Hill, where small communities like Radcliff and Vine Grove were beginning to see the influence of the nearby military presence. Numerous family-named landmarks, from McClelland Ridge to Bryan Flats, anchor the rural heritage of Hardin and Bullitt counties.