1935 Map of Groseclose

About this map

The Middle Fork Holston River corridor in Southwest Virginia presents a landscape defined by parallel ridges and fertile valleys during the mid-1930s. This survey, conducted by the Tennessee Valley Authority in collaboration with the USGS, highlights the transportation spine of the region where the Norfolk and Western railway and the Lee Highway (U.S. No. 11) run side-by-side through Groseclose. The map documents the rural infrastructure of Wythe County, showing the placement of community hubs such as Bethany Ch and Pleasant Hill Ch, alongside the Green Mountain Sch and Murpheyville Sch. Significant terrain features like Walker Mountain separate Rich Valley from the surrounding lowlands, while family-named hollows and branches like Deckard Hollow and Vaught Br indicate the deeply rooted local settlement patterns of the era.