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1959 Map of Brandonville

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Brandonville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1966
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1966

About this map

The borderlands of northern Preston County, West Virginia, and Fayette County, Pennsylvania, are defined by a complex landscape of narrow valleys and winding creeks during the late 1950s. Small rural communities like Brandonville and Clifton Mills serve as local anchors, while the terrain is dotted with several country churches and schools, including Salem Sch and Locust Grove Ch. The map reveals the early footprint of resource extraction in the region, noting several Strip Mine operations and individual Mine sites tucked away in the hollows near Sandy Creek.

Transport and utility infrastructure is represented by a significant Pipeline cutting across the landscape, while the area remains largely rural and forested, particularly near the State Forest Land. Waterways such as Little Sandy Creek and Glade Run dictate the settlement patterns, with family-named landmarks like Teets Cem providing valuable points of reference for those tracing local genealogy and the history of this Appalachian border region.