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1971 Map of Alderson

Name: 1971 Topographic Map of Alderson
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

The Greenbrier River dominates this West Virginia landscape, winding through a series of steep bends where the borders of Greenbrier, Summers, and Monroe counties converge. The town of Alderson serves as a primary hub, notable for the prominent Federal Reformatory for Women complex along the riverbank and the nearby Mountain State High Sch. Downstream, the river corridor supports the Hinton-Alderson Airfield and the community of Pence Springs, illustrating the concentration of infrastructure and settlement within the narrow valley flats.

Transportation patterns are defined by the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, which follows the river's path, passing through smaller outposts like Lowell and Talcott. The surrounding uplands, including Wolf Creek Mountain and Dempsey Mountain, remain largely rural, dotted with isolated community landmarks such as Flat Mountain Ch and Keller Ch. The 1976 photorevision captures subtle shifts in building density and land use in this river-and-rail corridor.