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Ca. 1939 WPA Pewee Valley Plat Map

This undated plat map of Pewee Valley and surrounding properties was produced by the W.P.A. (Project 665-43-3-44) and is available in the Deeds and Records Room at the Oldham County Court House. Included with the map is a list showing the property owner's name and acreage for each numbered tract. 

Though the map is undated, the year it was created can be narrowed down by what we know about some properties. For example, tract 2518, which is the property associated with The Locust, was still owned by Powhatan Wooldridge when this map was produced. He died September 14, 1940. Tracts 2507 and 2603, once associated with the Kentucky Confederate Home, were owned by the Rural Education Cooperative, which purchased the property from the Commonwealth of Kentucky in late 1938.  Thus, the survey and map were likely completed in 1939.

Note that some Pewee Valley's street names have changed over the years. Confederate Avenue is now Muirs Lane. Johnston Avenue has been broken into a combination of Peace Lane and Central Avenue. Huston Lane is now Houston,  Cemetery Avenue is now part of Maple Avenue, and Pewee Valley Road is now part of Central Avenue. Prim Rose Avenue, which once ran between Maple Avenue and Beechdale in Crestwood,  has vanished. At one time, Prim Rose connected to the back side of Locust Lane and the quarry.

Also shown on this map are the two African-American settlements just outside the city limits: Fraziertown and Stumptown. The property owners lists accompanying the map also show whether the owner was Caucasian or African-American, providing researchers with an accurate look at Pewee Valley's African-American communities during the late 1930s.

Special thanks to Oldham County Clerk Julie K. Barr for providing scans and hard copies of the map and accompanying tract  information to the Pewee Valley Historical Society and to Albert Harrison, LLC, land surveyor, for helping the historical society locate the plat book.

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From Property Identification Maps Oldham County, Plat No. 54, available at the Oldham County Courthouse. This copy is courtesy of Oldham County Clerk Julie K. Barr.

Tract Information
Tract
Property Owner
Acres
2504
2505
2506
2507
​2508 
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2509
2510
2511
2512
2513
2514
2515
2516
2517
2518
2519
2520
2521
2522
2523
2524
2525
2526
2527
2528
2529
2530
2531
2532
2533
2534
2535
2536
2537
2538
2539
2539-A
2540
2541
2542
2543
2544
2545
2546
2547
2548
2549
2550
2551
2552
2553
2554
2555
2556
2557
2558
2559
2559-A
2560
​2561
2562
2563
2564
2565
2566
2567
2568
2569
2570
2571
2572
2573
2574
2575
2576
2577
2578
2579
2580
2581
2582
2583
2584
2585
2586
2587
2588
2589
2590
2591
2592
2593
2594
2595
2596
2597
2598
2599
2600
2601
2902
2603
2604
2605
2606
2607
2608
2609
2610
2611
2612
2613
2614
2615
2616
2617
2618
2619
​2620
2621
2622
2623
2624
2525
2626
2627
2628
2629
2630
2631
2632
2633
2634
2635
2636
2637
2638
2639
2640
2641
2642
2643
2644
2645
2646
2647
2648
2649
2650
2651
2652
2653
2654
2655
2656
2657
2658
2659
2660
2661
2662
2663
2664
2665
2666
2667
2668
2669
2670
2671
2672
2673
2674
2675
2676
2677
2678
2679
​2680
2681
2682
2683
2684
2685
​2686
2687
2688
2689
2690
2691
2692
2693
2694
2695
2696
2697
2698
2699
2700
2701
2702
2703
2704
2705
2706
2707
2708
2709
2710
2711
2712
2713
2714
2715
2716
2717
2718
2719
2720
2721
2722
2723
2724
2725
2726
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Barbee, James and Alva
Ohio Oil Company
Davis, Joyce G.
Association Rural Educational
Willett, S.R. Mrs.
Gottwald, Elsie
Hughes, Douglas D.
O'Nan, H.N.
Caumisar, Thomas C.
Russell, Mary E.
Ott, Margaret K. Mrs.
Becker, G.A. and Cathrine C.
Bottoms, R.R.
Haywood, Alma K.
Wooldridge, P.
Foley, J.J. and G.
Cook, B.F.
Taylor, Sam T.
Roberson, Frank
Cemetery, Rollington Catholic
Wood, J.H. Mrs.
Goose, J.H.
Humble, Eva Mae
Walsh, Ellen (Heirs)
Phipps, Cleo Meyer
Pope, M. and Stephen (colored)
Mitchen, Gilbert
McCormick, Sim and Annie (colored)
McGaughey, P.C.
Carr, Lula T. and W.J.
Purvis, Kate Mrs.
Fry, Elizabeth
Lutz, Maggie
Smith, May W.
Herdt, Jacob A. Estate
Maher, Phillipp (heirs)
Maher, Johanna
Hardin, W. (colored)
Flournoy, Romania (colored)
Flournoy, Anita (colored)
Smith, Masson
Stoess, M.A.
Berry, Lucy (colored)
Church, Fraziertown Methodist (colored)
Wood, Herman (colored)
Oglesby, Mary (colored)
Smith, Masson 
Gales, Jennie (colored)
Berry, Lucy (colored)
Parker, Lucy Heirs (colored)
Sutton, Lillie and Will (colored)
Tinsley, Clarence (colored)
Tinsley, Della (colored)
Tinsley, Clarence (colored)
Fischer, George A. and Smith, O.C.
Fischer, George A.
Matillar, Wm. (colored)
Maher, Phillip Heirs, Cassady, Jennie
Ross, Gertrude, Mrs.
Foley, J.J. and Compton, C.
Price, J.M. Estate
Singer, A.B.M.
Summers, G. Norris
Osborn, Frank H.
Rowell, W.S.
O'Neal, W.H. and Barbara
Pratt, John L.
Rose, Mary A. Mrs.
Hardin, Emma Briggs
Todd, Claude (colored)
Elzy, Moses (colored)
Rogers, James B. and Mary
Briggs, Walter
Blackley, G.T. Estate
Howard, Ivo and Wife
Baumeister, Chas. Sr.
Woods, M. Beatrice (M.R.)
Wainscott, J.B. Mrs.
Miles, Rosa
Bryant, Flurry
Singer, W.M.
McCrocklin, Mattie
Kilgus, Fred
Goehring, George J.
Van Arsdall, T. Louise
McMillin, Benton J.
Singer, John
Marshall, E.K. and Wife
Miller, John
Ott, Margaret K. Mrs.
Harrison, H.C.
Knight, J.E. and Mary
Fitzgerald, Lawrence Estate
Louisville Fresh Air Farm Company
Miller, John
Louisville Fresh Air Farm Company
​Swinney, Stuart and Nell
Church, St. James Episcopal
Borar, Harold V.
Johnston, Mary G.
Church Pewee Valley Presbyterian
Association Rural Educational
Hoge, Wm. H. and Others
Chescheir, A.S.
Fletcher, Lillian, Miss
Berger, Wm. A.
Rest Cottage Jennie Cassady
Tiller, Anna C.
O'Yoon, David
Montgomery, Robert
Radamaker, Joseph
Chamberlain, Carlyle D.
Mayer, F.C.A.
Byrns, Lawrence H.
Sedley, Arthur S.
Convent, St. Catherine Sisters of Mercy Inc
Pollock, H.B. and Ida
Ellis, Lucille
​Thomas, Mary Miss
Gatchel, F.E.
Claycomb, Herschel
Foley, J.J. & G.
Bank, Pewee Valley State
Million, B.P.
McDonald, Rosa
Peak, G.W. & Clark, J. Ballard
Jurey, W.B. Mrs.
Town of Pewee Valley
Heller, Frank and Adeline
​Louisville Anchorage & Pewee Valley Electric Co.
Foley, J.J. & G.
Koster, Fred
Smith, Bessie G.
Traband, Viola & Henry
McCulloch, Hugh H.
Miller, Chas. W.
Hawkins, N.T. & Ruth
Barrickman, Sam L.C.
Weinstock, Emanuel
Budd, J.S.
Hodges, Frank B.
Schuster, Edwin & Anna
Stoess, A.L. & Nellie
Smith, A.H. & Henrietta W.
Hampton, M.J., Sr.
Morrison, J.J. & Mary
McCaffee, Minnie W.
Lambert, Viola & Carl
Carter, L. Estate
Swann, Stratton D. Mrs.
Skalton, C.C.
Pinnell, Elizabeth
Harcourt, W.W.
Johnson, William H.
Sanders, Alfred
Rhoads, John P.
Herdt, William K.
Murphy, Albert & Dora
Baumeister, Imogene Mrs.
Herdt, William K.
Singer, A.B.M.
L&N Railroad Company
Matthews, Florence Mrs.
Foley, J.J. & G.
School District #6
Snyder, C.A.L.
Jesse, William M. & Cecil, Eva
Clelland, Mary T.
Wright, F.C.
Watkins, Ella D. Miss
Hoffman, Rose
Nutter, Julius B.
Russell, Bascom M. & Onida
McGee, Jos. M.
Payton, P.N.
Logsdan, Wm. F.
Swann, Ella Mrs.
Waterfill, J.H. Estate
​Willis, Florence D.
Klemenz, Louis
Oyler, Mary Virginia
McCabe, T.P.
Peters, Gertrude E.
L&N Railroad Company
Lockhart, Mary F.
Young, Wallace B.
Young, H.E.
Carmen, Gus B.
Tomlinson, Otto M. & Wife
Stanforth, L.R.
Wagnar, Valentine
Roberts, W.B.
Mahler, William
Dearing, Dora
Nash, E.G. & Martha E. 
Ward, J.W.
Ohio Oil Company
McFarlan, A.S.
Lutz, Maggie
Haunz, F.C. & Katie
Shuck, Kenneth
Shuck, W.F.
Ward, J.W.
Dulaney, W.H. & Louise
Fabri, Fred
Walker, Jack
Gruner, William A.
Grean, J.M.
Collins, C.R.
Murner, W.J.
Gales, Jim (colored)
Sims. Emett
Pence, Ida L.
Pewee Valley Cemetery Company
Gisiger, Herman
Humphrey, S.T. & Lina
Downing, Dick & Paulina (colored)
Church, Pewee Valley Colored Baptist
Smith, Martha Mrs.
Samuels, Susan (colored)
Durham, Garland & Mary Lou (colored)
​Smyser, Dennis (colored)
Taylor, Alice (colored)
Huston, Mary Stuart
Martin, E.
​Rural Educational Association
























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200.06
​1.03
​122.34
​41.72
34.95
33.40
28.67
​47.46
11.99
3.38
22.15
33.11
15.15
22.67
72.77
21.63
3.10
2.06
3.10
1.55
3.38
5.45
19.80
1.54
1.32
1.83
1.03
1.55
2.06
7.57
4.93
6.77
1.84
1.84
5.96
2.07
9.18
0.80
1.55
1.55
6.77
21.63
3.10
2.06
1.03
2.06
1.32
3.67
1.83
3.67
2.06
1.83
1.55
1.83
26.05
32.08
18.66
5.85
29.72
​15.15
3.10
1.03
1.32
1.32
1.03
4.19
10.96
2.58
4.41
3.38
2.35
7.06
5.45
10.15
5.96
4.93
1.55
1.83
1.55
1.32
1.32
10.15
15.68
13.02
48.73
4.19
1.32
8.32
0.80
10.96
6.77
0.80
8.84
2.58
7.05
33.11
16.18
4.93
16.70
6.54
1.99
19.64
3.10
13.02
26.05
12.28
36.78
25.02
41.59
21.44
28.40
6.25
4.41
​19.57
26.56
9.12
2.35
1.03
3.39
5.22
2.35
3.10
0.17
1.03
0.80
1.03
0.80
0.90
0.43
2.06
5.45
9.93
4.70
3.90
2.58
1.32
1.03
2.06
38.34
6.77
3.90
14.06
2.21
3.55
9.41
0.69
​0.52
0.80
0.52
1.84
0.80
1.32
2.35
2.06
4.71
9.93
3.90
1.32
1.03
1.55
1.03
0.63
4.42
3.90
1.32
3.10
3.67
3.90
3.90
3.10
3.90
15.99
11.19
3.39
3.10
2.58
1.84
3.34
23.47
3.90
10.45
4.42
2.23
1.03
13.83
14.06
16.41
9.24
0.60
1.53
0.99
2.43
1.84
4.75
1.21
3.79
1.21
0.52
1.03
2.06
0.34
0.23
1.55
5.57
7.98
5.36
7.81
26.34
12.28
4.42
1.84
3.90
6.83
11.20
23.76
6.43
3.21
1.20
8.09
1.32
0.23
1.03
0.98
11.42
0.52
​48.90

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The Pewee Valley Historical Society
Pewee Valley Kentucky
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