1920s Maps of Marion County, West Virginia

1. 1923 Map of Blacksville, 1956 Print

   

   1923 Blacksville

   1956 Print · USGS

   Monongalia and Marion counties appear here during the early twentieth century as the coal and rail economy began to reshape the rural landscape. Researchers can find numerous family landmarks, from Town School and Olive Church to the industrial works at Montana Mines.

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4. 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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7. 1923 Map of Mannington, 1956 Print

   

   1923 Mannington

   1956 Print · USGS

   Mannington and the surrounding hollows of Marion and Monongalia counties appear here in the early twenties as a dense network of rural life. Genealogists can trace family footprints through numerous small landmarks like Blackshire Chapel, Efaw Knob, and Glover Gap.

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10. 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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13. 1925 Map of Blacksville

    

    1925 Blacksville

    1925 Print · USGS

    Monongalia and Marion Counties are shown in the mid-1920s, a period when rural life centered on a vast network of neighborhood schools and churches. Genealogists can trace family roots through specific landmarks like Stumptown School, Montana Mines, and Monumental Church.

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16. 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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19. 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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22. 1926 Map of Thornton

    

    1926 Thornton

    1926 Print · USGS

    Preston and Taylor counties show a dense network of mountain settlements and rail corridors in the mid-1920s. Genealogists can locate family landmarks such as Slabcamp Church, the Pell School, and rail-side towns like Tunnelton or Newburg.

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25. 1926 Map of Mannington

    

    1926 Mannington

    1926 Print · USGS

    Northern West Virginia and the Pennsylvania borderlands are shown here in the 1920s during a period of steady rural growth. Genealogists can trace family names through dozens of upland sites like Saint Cloud, Glover Gap, and the uniquely named The Little Red Church.

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