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1961 Map of Gallia

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Gallia
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

About this map

The hills at the border of Jackson, Lawrence, and Gallia counties are deeply defined by the industrial extraction and rural community life documented in the early 1960s. Wayne National Forest covers much of the southern landscape, while the Baltimore and Ohio railroad serves the industrial hubs at Blackfork Junction and Blackfork. The presence of numerous Claypits and a Strip Mine near Brady Creek reflects the era's reliance on the region's mineral wealth, specifically its refractory clays and coal.

Genealogists will find a landscape dotted with family-named landmarks and remote burial grounds such as Shaffer Cem, McColgan Cem, and the Bryn Hyfryd Cem near Kitchen. Small spiritual centers like the Old Country Tabernacle and Bethel Ch stand alongside educational anchors like the Gallia Sch, showing the distribution of small settlements before the consolidation of rural communities. The high point of Telegraph Hill Lookout Tower overlooks this network of hollows, including Pokepatch Hollow and Kokeene Hollow.