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1914 Map of Eccles

Name: 1914 Topographic Map of Eccles
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1914
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1914

About this map

Eccles and the surrounding coalfields of the Kay Moor Mountain region are documented here during a period of industrial expansion. The map illustrates the convergence of terrain and transportation, where the C and O RR and the Virginian and Kanawha River RR trace the winding valleys of Paint Creek and the Clear Fork. The landscape is dotted with small settlements like Pax, Kingston, and Dorothy, many established near early operations such as Cabin Creek Coal.

For genealogists and local historians, this 1914 survey provides a dense record of rural social infrastructure. Scores of family-named landmarks and local institutions are recorded, including the White Rose School, Meadow Inn, and the Trap Hill Marshes PO. The high density of schoolhouses, such as Jarrell School and Toney Fork School, reflects the scattered population centers throughout the ridges and hollows before later twentieth-century consolidation.