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1922 Map of Fort Seybert

Name: 1922 Topographic Map of Fort Seybert
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1922
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1922

About this map

Fort Seybert and Brandywine anchor this 1922 preliminary survey of the South Fork Valley, documenting the rural character of Pendleton County before modernization. The landscape is defined by the steep ridges of South Fork Mountain and Shenandoah Mountain, where a dense network of one-room schoolhouses like Egypt School, Deer Run School, and Mt Zion School served isolated family farmsteads.

Religious life is equally well-mapped, showing the location of Pleasant Grove Church and Bethlehem Church along the valley floor. The map captures an era of intricate local nomenclature for the terrain, recording dozens of named peaks such as Nesselrod Knob and Whetmiller Knob, alongside the winding paths of Trumble Run and Sixmile Lick Run. This detailed record provides a baseline for genealogical research in a region where geography dictated the boundaries of daily community life.