1890s Maps of McDowell County, West Virginia

1. 1891 Map of Tazewell

   

   1891 Tazewell

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   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

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   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 Oceana

   

   1891 Oceana

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   Southern West Virginia in the late nineteenth century was a world of deep valleys and isolated mountain settlements. Genealogists and historians can trace early family sites along the Guyandotte River near Oceana, Logan C.H., and Whites Mills.

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10. 1893 Map of Oceana

    

    1893 Oceana

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    Southern West Virginia’s rugged coal country is captured here in the late nineteenth century, showing a landscape of deep hollows and high ridges. Researchers can trace ancestral homes and early industry at Logan C.H., Whites Mills, and Jarrold's Valley.

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13. 1894 Map of Pocahontas

    

    1894 Pocahontas

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    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. 1895 Map of Tazewell

    

    1895 Tazewell

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    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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19. 1895 Map of Pocahontas

    

    1895 Pocahontas

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    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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22. 1897 Map of Tazewell

    

    1897 Tazewell

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    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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25. 1898 Map of Oceana

    

    1898 Oceana

    1898 Print · USGS

    Southern West Virginia in the late nineteenth century remains a landscape of isolated mountain settlements and complex river drainages. Genealogists can trace early homesteads and family-named landmarks near Oceana, Pineville, and Baileysville before the rise of the modern coal industry.

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