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2019 Map of Gary

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

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Gary and its surrounding coal-country communities occupy the narrow valley bottoms of McDowell County, where the Tug Fork river and its tributaries carve deeply into the landscape. This 2019 survey captures a string of historic settlements including Thorpe, Elbert, and Filbert, each positioned along the winding watercourses like Sandlick Cr and Adkin Br. The dense network of local roads such as Lover's Ln and Sky Gusty highlights the intensive habitation required by the region's industrial heritage.

Terrain features like Maxwell Gap define the high ridges that separate these tight-knit hollers. Near the southern edge of the sheet, Newhall and Cucumber sit along Jacobs Fork, illustrating the persistent settlement patterns in the southern coalfields. The map traces numerous drainage systems, from Big Cr to Mountain Fork, that have historically dictated the placement of railroads and mountain passes in this corner of West Virginia near the Virginia border.