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1969 Map of Green Valley

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Green Valley
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1991
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1991

About this map

The George Washington National Forest blankets this corner of the Commonwealth, where the Cowpasture River and Calfpasture River carve through the ridge-and-valley landscape. Small rural communities like Armstrong, Green Valley, and Hotchkiss are anchored by local landmarks, including several country churches such as Cloverdale Ch and Mt Zion Ch. The topographic detail reveals a network of hollows and drafts, such as Gibson Hollow and Indian Draft, that define the difficult terrain.

Transportation through these ridges is limited to the winding river corridors and the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad line, which skirts the southeastern corner near Panther Gap. The mapping reflects a period in the late 1960s when these Appalachian settlements remained deeply tied to the land, with numerous cemeteries and small family springs like McCowan Spring scattered across the mountain slopes of Chestnut Ridge and Walker Mountain.