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1912 Map of Gilbert

Name: 1912 Topographic Map of Gilbert
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1922
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1922

About this map

The Guyandot River carves a winding path through the coal-rich borderlands of West Virginia, Kentucky, and Virginia in this early twentieth-century survey. The landscape is defined by the high elevations of Buffalo Mountain and Huff Mountain, which separate the myriad drainages of Huff Creek and Gilbert Creek. Small riverside and valley settlements like Gilbert, Stafford, and Justice are established along the primary watercourses, while more remote outposts such as Hanover and North Spring sit deeper in the hollows.

Evidence of the region's developing industrial and postal infrastructure is visible at Glenalum Junc and Appleton PO. Significant terrain features, including Twisted Gun Gap and Coon Knob, serve as local landmarks. The map also delineates the complex intersection of county and state boundaries, tracing the lines between Logan, Mingo, Wyoming, and McDowell counties in West Virginia, and their neighbors in Virginia and Kentucky along Indian Ridge.