2019 Map of Beckwith

About this map

Oak Hill and Fayetteville anchor this 2019 survey of the West Virginia coalfields, showing the industrial and residential patterns of the plateau. The landscape is defined by the sharp descent from the Oak Hill plateau into the deep hollows of Beards Fork and Ingram Branch, where the Norfolk and Western Railway still traces the lower creek beds. Local history and genealogy are preserved through several family and community burial grounds, including the Abbot Cem near Beckwith and the John Nugen Cem near Dempsey. To the north, the terrain drops steeply toward the Kanawha River and the New River, connected by the Charles C Rogers Bridge. The map captures the continued significance of historic corridors like the Midland Trl and the dense network of coal-town settlements such as Lochgelly, Summerlee, and Harlem Heights.