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1967 Map of Ferrum

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Ferrum
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1985
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1985

About this map

The Ferrum Jr College campus serves as the cultural anchor of this Piedmont landscape, situated where the Norfolk and Western railway corridor meets the foothills of Beech Mtn. The 1967 field data reveals a rural community structured around small watercourses and family-named landmarks, such as Pigg River and Story Creek. The settlement pattern is defined by a high density of country churches, including St Peters Ch, New Haven Ch, and Republican Ch, reflecting the deep-rooted social fabric of Franklin County.

Small clusters of homes at Mountain View, Graves, and Prilliman are connected by a network of winding secondary roads and a prominent Telephone Line. This topographic study documents the era before significant modern expansion, preserving the locations of numerous unnamed cemeteries and the industrial infrastructure of the day, including a Pumping Sta and Substation near the central village of Ferrum.