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1957 Map of Burnaugh

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Burnaugh
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

About this map

The Big Sandy River serves as the dividing line between Boyd County, Kentucky, and Wayne County, West Virginia, in this late 1950s survey. This corridor is a critical transportation artery, where the Chesapeake and Ohio and Norfolk and Western railroads track the river's winding course. The map reveals a landscape balancing industrial infrastructure, such as the Tri-State Airport and numerous pipelines, with deep-rooted rural communities.

Settlements like Burnaugh, Durbin, and Lockwood are hubs of local life, characterized by a high density of country churches and schools. Names like Cyrus Chapel, Durbin Sch, and Buffalo H S indicate established neighborhoods, while the U S Veterans Hospital near Westmoreland stands as a prominent regional landmark. Genealogists will find value in the many family-named cemeteries, such as Bryants Cem and Rawles Cem, scattered across the hollows of Whites Creek and Twelvepole Creek.