1910s Maps of Raleigh County, West Virginia

1. 1910 Map of Bald Knob

   

   1910 Bald Knob

   1910 Print · USGS

   Southern West Virginia in the early twentieth century was a landscape of remote mountain gaps and emerging rail corridors. Genealogists and historians can trace early settlements like Jarrolds Valley and Van, or locate historic crossing points like Walnut Gap and Indian Gap.

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4. 1911 Map of Marshes

   

   1911 Marshes

   1911 Print · USGS

   Raleigh County and the surrounding highlands are shown just after the turn of the century, when mountain life centered on isolated creek hollows. Genealogists can trace family footprints through dozens of rural landmarks like Meadow Inn School, Matville P O, and Peachtree School.

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7. 1911 Map of Flattop

   

   1911 Flattop

   1911 Print · USGS

   Southern West Virginia’s coal and timber country comes into focus just as the railroads transformed these ridges and hollows. Genealogists can trace dozens of rural schoolhouses and family-named landmarks like Huff Knob, Egeria, and the VIRGINIAN RY corridor.

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10. 1911 Map of Beckley

    

    1911 Beckley

    1911 Print · USGS

    The coal and rail landscape of Raleigh and Fayette counties comes to life in the years before the Great War. Genealogists can trace family roots through numerous remote settlements and rural landmarks like Mount Hope, Silver Cliff School, and the winding New River.

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13. 1912 Map of Mullens

    

    1912 Mullens

    1912 Print · USGS

    The Raleigh and Wyoming county lines meet in this 1910 study of the West Virginia coalfields during a period of rapid industrial growth. Genealogists and historians can trace the early path of the Virginian RR and locate vanished company towns like Stotesbury, Glen White, and Hotchkiss.

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16. 1912 Map of Bald Knob

    

    1912 Bald Knob

    1912 Print · USGS

    Boone County and the surrounding coalfields are captured in the early twentieth century as rail lines began to penetrate the deep Appalachian hollows. Genealogists and historians can trace early settlements at Whitesville, Jarrolds Valley, and Gordon alongside the growing C. and O. R. R. line.

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19. 1912 Map of Meadow Creek

    

    1912 Meadow Creek

    1912 Print · USGS

    West Virginia's Fayette and Greenbrier borderlands are captured here in the early twentieth century, showing a landscape of timber and mountain settlements. Genealogists can locate dozens of country schools like Rock of Ages School and Eureka School, alongside the Sandstone Falls on the New River.

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22. 1912 Map of Big Bend, 1964 Print

    

    1912 Big Bend

    1964 Print · USGS

    Summers County at the height of the steam era reveals a landscape shaped by the meeting of the Greenbrier and New Rivers. You can trace the path of the Chesapeake and Ohio RR through the Big Bend Tunnel or locate long-lost rural schools like Rock Bottom School and Spicklick School.

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25. 1913 Map of Beckley

    

    1913 Beckley

    1913 Print · USGS

    Raleigh and Fayette counties are shown at the height of the coal era, when the New River canyon hummed with steam power and industry. Genealogists can locate family homesteads near vanished landmarks like the Krise PO Glade, Excelsior School, and the Lanark Sta railroad stop.

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28. 1914 Map of Eccles

    

    1914 Eccles

    1914 Print · USGS

    Raleigh County's mountain settlements and coal-country railways are captured here in the early twentieth century. Researchers can trace the heritage of rural communities through dozens of schoolhouses like White Rose School and local landmarks such as Meadow Inn or the Trap Hill Marshes PO.

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31. 1914 Map of Big Bend

    

    1914 Big Bend

    1914 Print · USGS

    In the early twentieth century, the New River valley was a bustling corridor defined by its railroads and mountain settlements. Genealogists can trace family footprints at Packs Ferry PO, the Big Bend Tunnel, and numerous rural sites like Indian Mills.

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34. 1914 Map of Flattop

    

    1914 Flattop

    1914 Print · USGS

    Southern West Virginia in the early twentieth century was a landscape of steep coal hollows and high-altitude ridge farming. Genealogists can locate dozens of country schools like Chestnut Ridge School and Phillips School alongside the emerging rail lines at Winding Gulf.

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37. 1915 Map of Meadow Creek

    

    1915 Meadow Creek

    1915 Print · USGS

    The West Virginia highlands come to life in this detailed survey of the mountain ridges and river valleys just before the First World War. Genealogists can locate dozens of country schools and remote post offices like Rock of Ages School, Brownwood Lawton P.O., and Layland.

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