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1967 Map of Ferrum

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Ferrum
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1969
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1969

About this map

The Ferrum community and its namesake Ferrum Jr College anchor the eastern landscape of this Piedmont-foothills survey. The Norfolk and Western railway follows the valley floor, providing a vital transport corridor alongside Story Creek and through the settlement of Prilliman. The terrain is defined by the headwaters of the Pigg River and its various prongs, which carve through the ridges leading toward Fivemile Mtn on the western boundary between Franklin and Floyd Counties.

Local rural life is evidenced by the concentration of community landmarks, including Mountain View Ch, New Haven Ch, and Republican Ch. Genealogy researchers will find numerous family burial sites marked simply as Cem or Grave, often located near small creek branches like Ragland Br and Beech Br. The presence of infrastructure such as Water Tanks and a Pumping Sta near the college indicates the modernization of this institutional hub during the mid-1960s.