1925 Map of Blacksville

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Dunkard Creek winds through the northern borderlands of Monongalia County, defining a landscape of narrow hollows and ridge-top settlements in the years following the first World War. This territory, centered on the village of Blacksville, reveals a rural economy transitioning toward industrial extraction, most notably at the Montana Mines site along the river. The southern reach of the map follows the Monongahela River corridor, where the Monongahela Railway and a series of locks, including Lock No 15, serviced the region's growing coal and transit needs.