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2019 Map of Garretts Bend

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Garretts Bend
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

The community of Garretts Bend serves as a central landmark in this 2019 survey, situated where the Trace Br and Hazlett Fork meet near the border of Kanawha and Lincoln counties. The landscape is defined by a dense network of hollows and ridges, including Raccoon Hollow and the prominent Rocky Knob. This terrain has historically influenced local settlement patterns, with homes and small farms clustered along the narrow valleys carved by the Trace Fork Mud River and Joes Creek.

Genealogists will find significant value in the documentation of several family burial grounds and community graveyards, such as Mount Moriah Cem, Hazlett Cem, and Nelson Cem. To the south, the map records the settlement of Tango near Tango Br, illustrating how the region's geography continued to dictate the path of local infrastructure, such as County Highway 5 and County Highway 56, well into the twenty-first century.