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1922 Map of Cass

Name: 1922 Topographic Map of Cass
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1922
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1922

About this map

Cass serves as a focal point of industrial activity in the early 1920s, situated at the confluence of several vital timber and transport routes. This survey reveals a landscape defined by the Chesapeake and Ohio RR and the Greenbrier River RR, which carved paths through the high elevations of Allegheny Mountain and Mingo Mountain. The rail network supported remote mountain settlements like Spruce and Cloverlick, while connecting larger communities such as Greenbank and Dunmore.

Social life in these highlands was anchored by numerous rural institutions, including the Wanless School, Mt Zion School, and Hevener Church. The map details the drainage patterns of the Greenbrier River and the Cheat River, illustrating the rugged topography that defined life for families at Sitlington and Frost. The dense placement of country schools like Kerr School and Thorny Creek School underscores the distributed nature of mountain communities before modern road consolidation.