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1906 Map of Athalia

Name: 1906 Topographic Map of Athalia
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1956
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1956

About this map

The Ohio River forms the eastern boundary of this Lawrence and Gallia County landscape, where the Baltimore and Ohio RR runs along the West Virginia bank near Lesage. In the early twentieth century, this region was defined by a dense network of small rural settlements and post offices such as Willowwood and Marion. River commerce is anchored by the Crown City Ferry and Millersport Ferry, providing critical connections between Ohio towns like Crown City and the neighboring hills of West Virginia.

Upland life centered on community landmarks like Mt Zion Church, Okey Chapel, and the Boggs School, while the terrain is dissected by Symmes Creek and Indian Guyan Creek. The map documents a period before modern consolidation, preserving the locations of vanished local landmarks like Saundersville and Rappsburg and the many family-named schools and churches that served the ridge-top farms of Greasy Ridge.