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1950 Map of Charters

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Charters
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1950
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1950

About this map

Salt Lick Creek and the sprawling ridges of Pleasant Ridge define the landscape of Lewis County in this 1950 survey. The settlement of Charters sits centrally at a junction of valley roads, while Clarksburg anchors the eastern edge of the sheet. The terrain is marked by a dense network of family-named hollows and branches, such as Shaw Hollow and Big John Hackworth Hollow, reflecting a deeply established rural community.

Social and civic life is anchored by a distribution of small schools and churches throughout the hills, including the Heselton School and Liberty Grove Ch. For genealogists and local historians, the map is a primary record of family land use, preserving the locations of numerous burial grounds like McCoy Cem and Hackworth Cem. A notable industrial feature is the Pipe Line cutting a straight path across the winding topography of the eastern ridges.