1957 Map of Girta

About this map

The Burning Springs Oil Field dominates the southern landscape of this 1957 survey, illustrating the intensive extraction that defined this region of Wirt County. The terrain is a dense network of ridges and narrow valleys, where the Little Kanawha River and the Hughes River carve deep paths through the hills. This map captures a moment of established rural infrastructure, with numerous country churches and schools serving small, scattered communities. One can trace the proximity of the Standingstone Ch to the winding Standingstone Creek, or locate the isolated Flint Run Sch near the boundary of Clay and Grant districts. The high density of individual Oil Wells across the hillsides of Burning Springs district provides a clear record of the industrial footprint during the mid-twentieth century.