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1923 Map of Hanging Rock

Name: 1923 Topographic Map of Hanging Rock
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1923
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1923

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Hampshire County rural life and valley commerce define this 1923 landscape, where the Northwestern Turnpike serves as a primary east-west artery through Augusta and Pleasantdale. The terrain is characterized by long, parallel ridges like South Branch Mountain and Sideling Hill, which force settlement and travel into the narrow valleys carved by the South Branch Potomac River and the Little Cacapon River.

Genealogists will find a dense network of early 20th-century social hubs, including the community at Three Churches, industrial sites like Millesons Mill, and numerous rural schools such as Duck Lick School and Queen of Gore School. The Baltimore and Ohio RR skirts the western edge of the quadrangle near Wapocomo, while river crossings like Blue Ford and the settlement at North River Mills highlight the importance of water-based geography in this era of West Virginia history.