1963 Map of Chapmanville

About this map

The Guyandotte River carves a deep valley through this West Virginia coal country landscape, anchoring the town of Chapmanville and its surrounding communities. Along the riverbank, the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad corridor facilitates the region's industry, connecting the Strip Mine and local tipples to wider markets. The map reveals a dense network of family-named hollows and ridges, such as Conley Hollow and Pigeonroost Branch, where generations established remote homesteads, small schools like Piney Fork Sch, and numerous family burial grounds including Dingess Cem and the Blair Cems.