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1923 Map of Clarksburg

Name: 1923 Topographic Map of Clarksburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

About this map

Clarksburg serves as the industrial and transportation anchor for this 1923 revision, where the Baltimore and Ohio and Western Maryland railroads intersect at the heart of the Harrison County coalfields. The landscape is defined by the heavy presence of the extractive economy, with the Cook Mine and Ocean Mine situated near the winding course of the West Fork River. North of the city, the Monongahela West Penn Public Service Co rail line links a series of tight-knit company towns and settlements like Enterprise and Haywood.

Rural life away from the rail corridors is marked by a dense network of country schools and family chapels. Dozens of locally named schoolhouses, such as Carter Hall School and Bice School, are scattered across the ridges of Pinnickinnick Mtn and the valleys of Bingamon Creek. The map records a moment when small-scale milling like Straus Mill still operated alongside the burgeoning industrial growth of the Fairground Addition and the specialized postal hub at Annabelle (Four States PO).