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1924 Map of Durbin

Name: 1924 Topographic Map of Durbin
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1951
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1951

About this map

Shavers Fork and the upper reaches of the West Fork Greenbrier River define this high-elevation landscape within the Monongahela National Forest. Surveyed in the early 1920s, the map documents a transition in transport and land use, where the Western Maryland RR and Chesapeake and Ohio RR connect remote timber and junction points like Durbin and Wildell. The presence of the Parkersburg and Staunton Turnpike cutting through Huttonsville highlights the region's older travel corridors alongside newer industrial rail lines.

Genealogists and local historians can find a high density of rural institutions, including the Jerusalem Church and more than a dozen one-room schoolhouses like Grassy Ridge School and Donley Run School. The map also captures several distinct settlements such as the Burner Settlement and Nottingham PO Boyer Sta, providing a detailed record of high-country community life before mid-century changes reshaped these mountain ridges.