Mantle Rock Archeological District

Historic district in Kentucky, United States

United States historic place


Mantle Rock Archeological District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

"Mantle Rock" - the site's eponymous arch
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Location	Off Kentucky Route 133 near Smithland, Kentucky
Area	215 acres (0.87 km)
MPS	Cherokee Trail of Tears MPS
NRHP reference No.	04001253
Added to NRHP	November 26, 2004

The Mantle Rock Archeological District, near Smithland, Kentucky is a 215 acres (0.87 km) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

The site is owned and protected by the Kentucky Nature Conservancy and is accessed by a gravel road off of Kentucky Route 133, just west of the small community of Joy, Kentucky. It includes a natural sandstone arch, several springs, and woodland, in a valley in the watershed of McGilligan Creek. It includes a part of the original Salem-Golconda Road. It is associated with the Cherokee Trail of Tears.

It includes a contributing site and a contributing structure.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Philip Thomason and Teresa Douglass (June 30, 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Mantle Rock / KY Survey # 15LV37/LV-14". National Park Service. Retrieved June 20, 2017. With photos.

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