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2022 Map of Wildie

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Wildie
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

Lake Linville anchors the southwestern corner of this survey, where the waters of Renfro Cr are impounded near the famed country music destination of Renfro Valley. The landscape is defined by the winding course of Roundstone Cr, which threads through a series of narrow valleys and prominent heights like Linville Knob and Owens Knob. To the east, the boundary of the Daniel Boone National Forest marks a transition into more heavily wooded terrain, cut by drainage's such as Turkey Pen Hollow and Salt Spring Hollow.

Family names are deeply etched into the geography, preserved in numerous burial grounds including Saylor Cem, Rimmel Cem, and Sigmon Cem. The map illustrates a rural network of small settlements like Wildie, Conway, and Disputanta linked by a complex web of local routes like Scaffold Cane Rd and Big Sandy Rd. This area of Rockcastle County remains characterized by its traditional hollows and ridges, maintaining a settlement pattern that persists even as modern infrastructure parallels the older creek-side paths.