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1969 Map of Belington

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Belington
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

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The Tygart Valley River flows through the heart of this Barbour County landscape, serving as a corridor for the Western Maryland and Baltimore and Ohio railroads. The town of Belington dominates the southern portion of the sheet, where residential blocks meet industrial activity along the riverbanks. To the north, the landscape is defined by the heavy footprint of resource extraction, with numerous Strip Mines following the contours of the hills between Sugar Creek and Sand Ridge.

Smaller rural hubs like Meadowville and Calhoun remain connected by winding mountain roads, punctuated by landmark institutions such as Barbour High Sch and Joseph Chapel. Local industry is evidenced by the Charcoal Ovens near Mud Run, while community history is preserved at sites like Lambert Chapel Cems and Jerusalem Ch Cem. The eastern edge rises toward Laurel Mountain, overlooking a terrain shaped by the parallel development of mining, timber, and rail transport.