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2010 Map of Willard

Name: 2010 Topographic Map of Willard
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2010
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

Willard stands at the center of this rural Kentucky landscape, where the Little Fork Little Sandy River carves through a network of hollows and ridges. The map reveals a community structured around family heritage and small settlements like Beetle, Antioch, and Johns Run. Genealogists will find a high density of burial grounds, including the Hall Cemetery, Kitchen Cemetery, and Boggs Cemetery, often tucked away near family homesteads and church sites like the Mountain Chapel United Baptist Church.

High points such as Greasy Ridge and Backbone Hill offer a view of the intricate drainage patterns that defined local navigation. To the west, the waters of Grayson Lake reach into the terrain via Deer Creek, while the Frazier Flat Lookout Tower marks a point of strategic elevation at Frazier Flats. This survey documents a quiet era of rural life, tracing the winding county roads that link scattered hamlets and longstanding family landmarks across the hills.