1890s Maps of Smyth County, Virginia

1. 1891 Map of Tazewell

   

   1891 Tazewell

   1891 Print · USGS

   The Clinch Valley highlands are shown here in the late nineteenth century, capturing the early settlement of the Virginia and West Virginia borderlands. Local historians can trace the foundations of Jeffersonville and rural outposts like Baptist Valley and Cedar Bluff.

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4. 1891 Map of Pocahontas

   

   1891 Pocahontas

   1891 Print · USGS

   The Virginia and West Virginia borderlands are captured here during the late nineteenth-century expansion of the coal and rail industries. Genealogists and researchers can locate early settlements like Sedon (Bland CH), Spanishburg, and Pocahontas along the newly laid Norfolk and Western Railroad.

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7. 1891 Map of Abingdon

   

   1891 Abingdon

   1891 Print · USGS

   Southwest Virginia in the 1890s reveals a landscape of mountain ridges and thriving valley settlements along the Norfolk and Western R. R. Lineages can be traced through sites like Emory and Henry College, Saltville, and numerous family-named landmarks like Vance's Mill.

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10. 1892 Map of Wytheville, 1897 Print

    

    1892 Wytheville

    1897 Print · USGS

    The high ridges and river valleys of Southwest Virginia and Northwest North Carolina are captured here in the late nineteenth century. Genealogists can trace family footprints across the Iron Mountains to old industrial sites like White Rock Furnace and remote post offices such as Hampton P.O.

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13. 1894 Map of Pocahontas

    

    1894 Pocahontas

    1894 Print · USGS

    The Virginia and West Virginia borderlands are shown here during the late nineteenth-century coal boom. Researchers can trace early railroad expansion through settlements like Pocahontas or locate family roots in mountain basins such as Burke Garden and Sed Don.

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16. 1894 Map of Abingdon, 1896 Print

    

    1894 Abingdon

    1896 Print · USGS

    Southwest Virginia's valley and ridge country is captured here during the peak of the rail era, centered on the Abingdon and Marion corridors. Local historians can trace the foundations of Emory and Henry College and numerous rural mill sites like Belfast Mills or Vance's Mill.

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19. 1895 Map of Tazewell

    

    1895 Tazewell

    1895 Print · USGS

    Southwest Virginia and the West Virginia coalfields are captured in the 1890s as the rail network transformed these mountain valleys. Researchers can trace early settlements and stores along the Norfolk and Western RR, from Tazewell to the mines near Welch and Vivian.

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22. 1895 Map of Pocahontas

    

    1895 Pocahontas

    1895 Print · USGS

    Coal mining towns and the Norfolk and Western RR line the border of Virginia and West Virginia in the late nineteenth century. Genealogists can trace the early layouts of Pocahontas, Bluefield, and the unusual enclosed valley of Burke Garden.

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25. 1897 Map of Tazewell

    

    1897 Tazewell

    1897 Print · USGS

    The rugged coal and timber lands of the border country appear here in the 1890s as the rail network expands. Genealogists can trace family roots at Mc Neil Store, follow the early growth of Welch, and locate homesteads near Shack Mills.

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