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1968 Map of Athalia

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Athalia
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1970
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1970

About this map

The Ohio River valley serves as the primary corridor for settlement and industry in this 1968 study, where the Baltimore and Ohio railroad tracks trace the West Virginia shoreline through Green Bottom and Lesage. Across the water in Ohio, the villages of Athalia and Crown City anchor the riverbank, while the interior is defined by the Wayne National Forest Boundary and a network of winding hollows.

Evidence of the region's extraction economy is visible in the northwest, where numerous mines and strip mines are marked near Polkadotte. Rural community life is documented through a dense collection of small institutions, including the Guyan Valley Ch in Platform, Dillon Chapel, and several local schools like Fairland Sch No 2. The complex terrain of Guyan and Rome townships is further detailed by family-named infrastructure such as Lunsford Lane and Sowards Road.