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1915 Map of Hacker Valley

Name: 1915 Topographic Map of Hacker Valley
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1938
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1938

About this map

Collins Settlement and the upper reaches of the Little Kanawha River define the northern portion of this 1913 survey area, showing a landscape of small schools and narrow-gauge mountain transport. The timber and coal economy of the era is evident in the rail lines that snake through the ridges, including the West Virginia Midland RR and the Pickens Br Baltimore & Ohio RR meeting at Arvondale Junc.

Remote mountain life is documented through a dense network of named schools, such as Suttles Retreat School, Williams Camp School, and Dodrell School, which served families in the hollows. Distinctive terrain features like Hodam Mountain and Potato Knob rise above settlements like Hacker Valley and Cleveland. Of particular interest to genealogists is the Salisbury Sta Removal PO, marking a shifting postal and rail landscape near the Braxton and Webster county line.