1908 Map of Athalia

About this map

Ohio River commerce and agricultural hill country define this survey of Lawrence and Gallia counties. Before the widespread adoption of highway bridges, the Crown City Ferry and Millersport Ferry served as vital links across the water to West Virginia, connecting riverside towns like Crown City and Athalia to the Baltimore and Ohio RR corridor. The interior is characterized by a dense network of hollows and ridges, such as Greasy Ridge, where small communities like Arabia, Wilgus, and Scottown established themselves along creek beds. Genealogists will find a wealth of localized data, including the Aid PO, several country houses of worship like Dickey Church and Mt Moriah Church, and numerous rural schoolhouses such as Low Gap School and Campbell School that anchored these early 20th-century neighborhoods.