1891 Map of Dublin

About this map

Pearisburg and the winding New River corridor anchor this late nineteenth-century reconnaissance of the Virginia and West Virginia borderlands. The landscape is defined by the heavy presence of the Norfolk and Western Railroad, which snakes through narrow mountain gaps, and specialized short-line routes like the Altoona Narrow Gauge Railroad serving the Altoona Mines. These rail links, alongside historical river crossings such as Ingles Ferry and Peppers Ferry, illustrate a region transitioning from an era of river-ford commerce to industrial mineral extraction. The map preserves the locations of early social and industrial hubs including Mercers Salt Works, the isolated Brick Church, and seasonal retreats like Gray Sulphur Sprs and Egglestons Springs. High points such as Angels Rest and Bald Knob tower over old settlements like Newbern and Lovely Mount, providing a detailed record of the terrain before twentieth-century development altered the local valley roads.