1938 Map of Brumley

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Clinch Mountain and the Jefferson National Forest dominate this 1930s landscape, where the North Fork Holston River snakes through the southern portion of the quadrangle. The settlement pattern is defined by narrow valleys and the gaps that connect them, notably at Little Moccasin Gap and Brumley Gap. This area of Southwest Virginia shows a distinct concentration of local civic life along the river and creek bottoms, anchored by small rural institutions like Chestnut Grove Ch, Riverside Ch, and the Moccasin Gap Sch. A notable outlier in the upper northwest corner is the State Prison Camp, situated near the headwaters of Little Moccasin Cr. The mapping of Numerous hollows, such as Long Arm Hollow and Stagger Hollow, reveals the complex drainage systems that historically dictated land use and transportation in this portion of Washington County.