2016 Map of Welchs Creek

About this map

The ridge and hollow country of Grayson and Butler counties is defined by a dense network of family-named landmarks and rural settlements. Communities like Brooklyn, Welchs Creek, and Huldeville are central points in a landscape carved by Welch Creek, Harrison Fork Welch Creek, and Woosley Creek. The geography is remarkably personal, with features such as Jim Buck Hollow, Rueben Hollow, and Johnson Hollow indicating long-standing local ties. Higher elevations include Turkey Knob Ridge and the prominent Buzzards Roost Bluff. Genealogists will find significant value in the distribution of small burial grounds across these hills, including Henderson Cemetery, Needmore Cemetery, and Buffalo Cemetery, many of which sit near former school sites like Old Brooklyn School Road. The transition from river bottoms to high points like Frog Level Ridge illustrates the traditional Kentucky pattern of ridge-top travel and creek-bottom farming.