1900s (20th Century) Maps of Keith, West Virginia

1. 1909 Map of Peytona

   

   1909 Peytona

   1909 Print · USGS

   Boone and Kanawha Counties are shown here during a period of industrial expansion along the river forks and mountain ridges. Researchers can trace early railroad sidings and post offices at Winifrede Jct, Lewiston PO, and the riverside community of Peytona.

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4. 1911 Map of Peytona

   

   1911 Peytona

   1911 Print · USGS

   Southern West Virginia’s coal and rail landscape is captured here in the decade before the Great War, centered on the winding Coal River. Researchers can trace the early rail hubs and hollows including Winifrede, Peytona, and the vanished Lewiston PO.

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7. 1929 Map of Peytona, 1960 Print

   

   1929 Peytona

   1960 Print · USGS

   The Coal River valley and the industrial corridor of the Kanawha River are captured here during the late 1920s. Genealogists and historians can trace rail-side communities and local schools like Brushton Costa PO, Peytona, and Williams Sch.

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10. 1931 Map of Peytona

    

    1931 Peytona

    1931 Print · USGS

    The coal hollows and river bends of Kanawha and Boone Counties are captured here between the wars as the rail-and-river economy flourished. Genealogists can trace early twentieth-century homesites and infrastructure at Peytona, the Brushton Costa PO, and along the Winifrede RR.

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13. 1954 Map of Charleston

    

    1954 Charleston

    1954 Print · USGS

    West Virginia’s industrial heart and mountain highlands are captured here during the mid-fifties, centered on the capital city. Researchers can trace historic river-and-rail corridors along the Kanawha River and locate remote peaks within the Monongahela National Forest.

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16. 1957 Map of Charleston, 1966 Print

    

    1957 Charleston

    1966 Print · USGS

    Mid-century West Virginia unfolds along the industrial Kanawha River valley and into the high Allegheny Mountains. Genealogists and historians can trace the vital rail lines of the Chesapeake and Ohio and locate riverside settlements from Saint Albans to Buckhannon.

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19. 1958 Map of Charleston

    

    1958 Charleston

    1958 Print · USGS

    Mid-century West Virginia is defined here by the industrial corridor of the Kanawha River and the high ridges of the Allegheny Mountains. Researchers can trace the rail networks of the New York Central or locate remote highland communities like Pickens and Hillsboro.

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22. 1961 Map of Charleston

    

    1961 Charleston

    1961 Print · USGS

    West Virginia's capital region and the highlands to the east are shown in detail during the early sixties. Genealogists and historians can trace rail networks like the Baltimore and Ohio RR and find early state parks such as Watoga State Park.

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25. 1965 Map of Sylvester, 1966 Print

    

    1965 Sylvester

    1966 Print · USGS

    Boone and Kanawha counties are shown in the mid-1960s as the coal industry transformed the high ridges and valley floors. Genealogists and historians can trace family names at White Oak Cem and Seth Cem or locate the Drive-in Theater and numerous Strip Mines.

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28. 1984 Map of Charleston

    

    1984 Charleston

    1984 Print · USGS

    West Virginia's capital and the industrial Kanawha Valley are shown here in the mid-eighties as modern interstates began to reshape the region. Local researchers can locate family-named landmarks like Reamer (Sybial PO) and institutional anchors like West Virginia State College.

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31. 1996 Map of Sylvester, 2002 Print

    

    1996 Sylvester

    2002 Print · USGS

    The Big Coal River valley in the mid-nineties shows a landscape of river-bottom towns and ridge-top industry. Trace family roots at Foster Cem or locate old community centers like Seth, Prenter, and Orgas near the Big Coal River.

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