1950s Maps of Tazewell County, Virginia

1. 1950 Map of Richlands

   

   1950 Richlands

   1950 Print · USGS

   Richlands and the Clinch River valley are shown here in the late 1940s as the rail and coal industries shaped the landscape. Genealogists can trace family names through dozens of rural landmarks like Paint Lick Sch, Jewell Chapel, and the Wolfpen Ridge Cem.

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4. 1953 Map of Winston-Salem, 1974 Print

   

   1953 Winston-Salem

   1974 Print · USGS

   The North Carolina Piedmont and Virginia highlands meet in the mid-1950s, a landscape defined by the tobacco and textile hubs of the Blue Ridge foothills. Researchers can trace the rail-and-river geography connecting Winston-Salem to mountain towns like Mount Airy and Galax.

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7. 1955 Map of Bluefield

   

   1955 Bluefield

   1955 Print · USGS

   The Central Appalachian borderlands come alive in the mid-fifties, showing the coal and rail networks connecting Bluefield to Beckley. Researchers can trace the industrial landscape of the New River Ordnance Plant and the terrain of Burkes Garden.

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10. 1955 Map of Winston-Salem

    

    1955 Winston-Salem

    1955 Print · USGS

    The Central Blue Ridge and Piedmont transition are captured here in the mid-fifties, from the industrial hub of Winston-Salem to the high peaks of Southwest Virginia. Genealogists can trace family landmarks like Richmond Hill Ch, Siloam Ch, and the old rail stops along the Southern Railway.

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13. 1956 Map of Bland, 1958 Print

    

    1956 Bland

    1958 Print · USGS

    The Virginia-West Virginia borderlands during the mid-fifties reveal a landscape of ridge-top trails and creek-side settlements. Researchers can trace the path of the Appalachian Trail past historic sites like Original Stony Fork Ch and Newberry Chapel.

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16. 1957 Map of Bluefield, 1967 Print

    

    1957 Bluefield

    1967 Print · USGS

    The heart of Central Appalachia in the mid-fifties is defined by the winding rail lines and river valleys of the coalfields. Researchers can trace the industrial footprints of towns like Welch and Princeton or locate landmarks such as the Bluestone Reservoir and Claytor Lake.

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19. 1958 Map of Hutchinson Rock, 1960 Print

    

    1958 Hutchinson Rock

    1960 Print · USGS

    Tazewell County's high ridges and secluded valleys are documented in the late fifties, showing the complex borderlands with Bland and Smyth counties. Trace family history at Buchanan Cem or locate rural landmarks like Hutchinson Rock and Gospel Tabernacle.

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22. 1958 Map of Saltville, 1960 Print

    

    1958 Saltville

    1960 Print · USGS

    The industrial corridor of the Holston River meets the ridges of the Jefferson National Forest in the late fifties. Genealogists can trace dozens of family burial sites like Vencill and Settle, while historians can locate the Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp RR and R B Worthy High Sch.

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25. 1958 Map of Broadford, 1960 Print

    

    1958 Broadford

    1960 Print · USGS

    Rich Valley in the late fifties is captured here as a network of river settlements and ridge-top forests along the North Fork Holston River. Genealogists can locate family landmarks like the Keister Cem, Old Broad Ford, and the Buckeye Hollow Sch before the landscape modernized.

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28. 1958 Map of Chatham Hill, 1960 Print

    

    1958 Chatham Hill

    1960 Print · USGS

    Rich Valley and the Holston River corridor are captured here during the late fifties, showing a rural landscape defined by ridge-and-valley farming. Genealogists can locate family sites at Tannersville Cem, Chatham Hill Cem, and numerous hillside burials like the Thompson Cem.

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31. 1958 Map of Tiptop, 1960 Print

    

    1958 Tiptop

    1960 Print · USGS

    Tazewell County's mountain valleys were a hub of rail transit and coal mining during the late fifties. Genealogists and historians can trace family burial sites like Witten Cem and Peery Cem or locate industrial sites such as Wittens Mills and the Prison Camp No 31.

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34. 1958 Map of Garden Mountain, 1960 Print

    

    1958 Garden Mountain

    1960 Print · USGS

    In the late fifties, the secluded mountain bowl of Burkes Garden remained a pocket of deep rural history on the Tazewell and Bland county lines. Researchers can trace ancestral sites like Thompson Cem, the old Gose Mill, and the path of the Appalachian Trail through the high country.

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37. 1959 Map of Nebo, 1960 Print

    

    1959 Nebo

    1960 Print · USGS

    Smyth County was a landscape of remote mountain ridges and tightly knit valley communities at the end of the fifties. Genealogists can trace family names through numerous remote burial sites and churches like Hubble Cem, Young Chapel, and Nebo.

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