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1935 Map of Appalachia

Name: 1935 Topographic Map of Appalachia
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1935
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1935

About this map

Stonega Coal and Coke Company control points anchor this 1935 survey of the coal-producing heart of Wise County, Virginia. The map centers on the industrial activity of the era, where the Interstate RR and Southern Railway converge at major facilities like the Interstate Shops and Yards and Southern Yards. Numerous company towns and mining camps are documented in detail, including Roda, Osaka, Derby, and Imboden, each defined by numbered mine shafts such as Stonega Coal No 12 and Stonega Coal No 84.

The landscape is characterized by the complex drainage of the Powell River and its tributaries like Callahan Creek, which carved the narrow valleys where many of these communities developed. Social infrastructure for the mining families is noted at Coleman Chapel, Osaka Sch, and the Andover Cem, providing a spatial record of the region's labor history and settlement patterns before the mid-century shifts in the coal economy.