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1943 Map of Craigsville

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Craigsville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1961
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1961

About this map

Craigsville and Fordwick sit at the center of this 1943 survey, where the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad corridor dictates the settlement pattern along the base of Great North Mountain. The landscape is a series of tight valley corridors defined by Shenandoah Mountain to the northwest and North Mountain to the southeast. These valleys support small communities such as Deerfield and Augusta Springs, which are connected by early transport routes including the Old Turnpike Road.

Local history is preserved in the placement of the Griffin Ch near Deerfield and the Shemariah Ch to the east, alongside rural educational landmarks like the Wilderness Sch and Holmes Sch. The map records a pre-interstate era of mountain life, where water sources like the Cowpasture River and named gaps like Ramsey Gap were the primary navigators for movement through the rugged topography of the Augusta Co and Rockbridge Co borderlands.