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2023 Map of Fairmont West

Name: 2023 Topographic Map of Fairmont West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2023
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2023

About this map

Fairmont serves as the focal point of this survey, situated where the West Fork River and Tygart Valley River converge to form the Monongahela River. The landscape is a dense network of neighborhoods and former industrial sites, including Gaston Junction, Millersville, and the hillside campus of Fairmont State University. Further south, the town of Monongah sits along the west bank of the river, near the Mount Calvary Cem and Cochran Cem.

Modern transportation infrastructure, such as the West Fork River Rail-Trail, overlays older transit corridors that once supported the region's coal and manufacturing industries. To the south, rural settlements like White Hall and Boothsville are surrounded by family-named landmarks and small burial grounds including Thomas Cem and Nixon Cem. The topography is defined by sharp ridges and winding waterways like Booths Creek and Buffalo Creek, illustrating the complex drainage patterns that shaped the expansion of these North Central West Virginia communities.