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1931 Map of Bald Knob

Name: 1931 Topographic Map of Bald Knob
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1944
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

Cherry Pond Mountain and Guyandot Mountain dominate this landscape where Boone, Logan, Raleigh, and Wyoming counties meet. The complex geography of the West Virginia coalfields is evident in the dense network of ridges and narrow valleys that house settlements like Wharton, Lorado, and Jarrolds Valley. The Chesapeake and Ohio railroad follows the winding path of the Big Coal River, serving industrial points such as Red Dragon (Endrom Sta.) and Montcoal.

Remote community life in the late 1920s is marked by numerous rural schoolhouses, including Mooney Sch and Canewood Sch, which served families in the deeper hollows. Significant local landmarks such as Bald Knob and Pilot Knob provide orientation across the heavily dissected terrain. This map captures the region's development before modern infrastructure altered the traditional settlement patterns of the Pond Fork and Clear Fork drainages.