1910s Maps of Webster County, West Virginia

1. 1910 Map of Sutton Special

   

   1910 Sutton Special

   1910 Print · USGS

   Central West Virginia at the end of the first decade of the 1900s shows a landscape transformed by river-valley railroads. Genealogists can trace family roots through hillside settlements like Flatwoods and Centralia or locate early post offices at Gillespie Hyer PO and Bakers Run Levi PO.

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4. 1913 Map of Hacker Valley

   

   1913 Hacker Valley

   1913 Print · USGS

   West Virginia's high-country settlements come to life in this early twentieth-century survey of the rugged Elk River headwaters. Researchers can trace the original locations of rural landmarks like Buckwheat Church, Windy Gap School, and the remote Salt Lick Settlement.

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7. 1913 Map of Pickens

   

   1913 Pickens

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   Randolph and Webster counties are shown here just before the Great War, during a peak era for mountain logging and rail expansion. Researchers can trace the routes of the Pickens and Hacker Valley RR and find local landmarks like Palace Valley, Lewis School, and Big Laurel Thicket.

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10. 1915 Map of Webster Springs

    

    1915 Webster Springs

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    Webster County at the start of the Great War was a landscape of high ridges and deep river valleys. Genealogists and historians can trace old homesteads and mountain schoolhouses like Redoak School and Cherry Falls School along the banks of the Elk River.

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13. 1915 Map of Cowen

    

    1915 Cowen

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    Central West Virginia's timber and coal corridors are captured here during a period of rapid development. Trace ancestral roots at Marcus PO or Woodbine PO, and locate long-lost rural sites like the Cottle Glade School and Myspi Church.

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16. 1915 Map of Hacker Valley

    

    1915 Hacker Valley

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    The high ridges of Webster and Lewis counties are captured here in the years before the Great War, showing a landscape of isolated mountain settlements and rail-driven timber hubs. Genealogists can trace family footprints at Salisbury Sta Removal PO, Cleveland, and nearly a dozen rural schoolhouses like Snuffville School.

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19. 1915 Map of Pickens

    

    1915 Pickens

    1915 Print · USGS

    West Virginia's highland timber country comes into focus during the early twentieth century as logging railroads began to penetrate the deep hollows. Trace the history of mountain settlements and schools like Helvetia, Pickens, and the Haslebacher School amidst the ridges of Beech Mountain.

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22. 1917 Map of Cowen

    

    1917 Cowen

    1917 Print · USGS

    The central West Virginia highlands are shown here just after the peak of the early industrial era, when rail lines and timber camps dominated the river valleys. Genealogists can locate dozens of country schoolhouses like Reynolds School and trace long-lost post offices at Halo Sta Marcus PO or Cranberry Woodbine PO.

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25. 1918 Map of Webster Springs

    

    1918 Webster Springs

    1918 Print · USGS

    The West Virginia highlands are shown in detail during the height of the early twentieth-century timber boom. Researchers can trace historic transport lines like the Virginia and West Virginia RR and locate early community centers like Webster Springs (Addison) and St. Michael School.

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