1967 Map of Ferrum

About this map

Ferrum serves as a central hub in the late 1960s, defined by the educational presence of Ferrum Jr College and the industrial transit of the Norfolk and Western railroad. The landscape is characterized by a dense network of country churches and family cemeteries, including St Peters Ch, Republican Ch, and Carter Cem, which are scattered among the ridges of Fivemile Mtn and Beech Mtn. These institutions reflect the social fabric of rural Franklin County, where small settlements like Prilliman and Graves are connected by winding roads and the drainage basins of the Pigg River and its South Prong. The presence of several community infrastructure sites, such as a Substation and Pumping Sta near the college, indicates a period of modernization while the surrounding topography remains dominated by creeks and runs like Butter Creek and Brown Hill Run.