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1958 Map of Big Pool

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Big Pool
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

The Potomac River forms the state line between Washington County, Maryland, and Berkeley County, West Virginia, serving as a corridor for the Baltimore and Ohio and Western Maryland railroads. This 1958 survey captures the rural landscape dominated by parallel ridges, including Sleepy Creek Mountain and North Mountain. The area is defined by small, community-focused clusters such as Tomahawk, Johnsontown, and Holton, each served by local institutions like Hedgesville Ch and Providence Ch.

Along the northern bend of the river, Fort Frederick and its surrounding State Park mark a significant historical landmark near the Maryland shore. The map also details the Sleepy Creek Public Hunting and Fishing Area in West Virginia, illustrating a terrain heavily influenced by watercourses like Back Creek and Cherry Run. This documentation is particularly valuable for tracing old property fence and field lines, noted in red, and finding family-named features like Hedges Mountain and Whites Knob.