1920s Maps of Harrison County, West Virginia

1. 1923 Map of Fairmont, 1956 Print

   

   1923 Fairmont

   1956 Print · USGS

   Marion and Taylor counties are shown during the height of their rail and coal era in the early twentieth century. Researchers can trace family origins through dozens of named landmarks like Jane Memorial Church, T McConnell Mines, and the river crossing at Benton Ferry.

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4. 1923 Map of Clarksburg, 1959 Print

   

   1923 Clarksburg

   1959 Print · USGS

   Harrison and Marion counties appear in the 1920s as a landscape of coal mines and mountain schoolhouses. Trace family roots at Bethel Church or Annabelle, and locate old industrial sites like Cook Mine and Straus Mill along the rivers.

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7. 1924 Map of Centerpoint, 1957 Print

   

   1924 Centerpoint

   1957 Print · USGS

   Doddridge and Harrison counties are shown here in the mid-1920s, when small-town life revolved around the railroad and local schoolhouses. Genealogists can locate family homesteads near landmarks like Alvy P O Stringtown, Smithton Smithburg Sta, and Fairview Church.

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10. 1925 Map of Clarksburg

    

    1925 Clarksburg

    1925 Print · USGS

    Harrison County in the mid-twenties is a bustling corridor of coal mining and rail activity centered on the West Fork River. Genealogists can trace family roots through dozens of named rural schools like Lower Davisson Run School or locate vanished industrial sites like Ocean Mine and Sturms Mill.

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13. 1925 Map of Centerpoint

    

    1925 Centerpoint

    1925 Print · USGS

    Doddridge and Harrison counties are shown here in the mid-1920s, highlighting a landscape of deep hollows and ridge-top farms. Researchers can trace the Baltimore and Ohio rail line through Salem or find small rural landmarks like Victory Church and Lima PO.

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16. 1925 Map of Philippi, 1954 Print

    

    1925 Philippi

    1954 Print · USGS

    In the mid-1920s, the Tygart River valley was a busy corridor of coal settlements and river commerce. Genealogists can locate family homesteads near vanished landmarks like Brownton PO, Pigtail School, and the Electric Line near Galloway.

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19. 1925 Map of Vadis, 1981 Print

    

    1925 Vadis

    1981 Print · USGS

    Central West Virginia's highlands in the mid-twenties reveal a landscape of hollows and ridges dotted with one-room schoolhouses and country parishes. Genealogists can trace family roots through numerous sites like St Marys Church, Vadis, and Lower Walnut School.

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22. 1926 Map of Fairmont

    

    1926 Fairmont

    1926 Print · USGS

    Marion and Taylor counties are shown during the mid-twenties when coal mining and the rail industry shaped the river valleys. Researchers can locate vanished landmarks like the Tyrconnell Mines and community centers such as Pruntytown and Mt Zion Church.

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25. 1926 Map of Weston

    

    1926 Weston

    1926 Print · USGS

    Weston and the West Fork River valley are captured in the mid-twenties as the rail-and-river economy flourished. Genealogists and researchers can trace family-named sites like Jackson Mill, Romines Mills, and the Broad Run Church.

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28. 1927 Map of Vadis

    

    1927 Vadis

    1927 Print · USGS

    West Virginia's central highlands are shown here in the mid-1920s, a landscape defined by isolated farmsteads and valley-bottom settlements. Genealogists and historians can trace dozens of rural school sites and landmarks like St Boniface Church, Alum Bridge, and Freemansburg.

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31. 1928 Map of Philippi

    

    1928 Philippi

    1928 Print · USGS

    Barbour County is shown here in the mid-twenties as the Baltimore and Ohio railroad connected river towns and coal camps. Researchers can trace ancestral roots through dozens of local landmarks like Adaland, Rangoon PO, and the Pleasant Grove Church.

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