1968 Map of Apple Grove

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The Ohio River dominates this mid-century landscape, serving as the border between Gallia County, Ohio, and Mason County, West Virginia. The river's industrial and navigational importance is anchored by the Gallipolis Lock and Dam near Eureka, while the Baltimore and Ohio railroad tracks trace the eastern shoreline through settlements like Ben Lomond, Hogsett, and Apple Grove. On the West Virginia side, the topography rises sharply from the river flats at Mercers Bottom into the ridges of Clendenin, marked by small country churches like Beale Chapel and Mud Run Ch.