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2013 Map of Harrisville

Name: 2013 Topographic Map of Harrisville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2013
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2013

About this map

Harrisville and the surrounding tri-county borderlands of Harrison, Belmont, and Jefferson counties reveal a landscape deeply shaped by the coal industry and early settlement. The presence of the Georgetown Plant and several large impoundments, such as the Georgetown Upper Dam Number Two Pond, illustrate the industrial scale of land management in the region. These modern industrial features contrast with the area's older social fabric, evidenced by a high density of small burial grounds including the Friends Meeting House Cem and Olive Branch Cem.

New Athens and the crossroad hamlets of Science Hill and Shepherdstown serve as focal points for a network of rural roads like Cadiz Harrisville Rd. The topography is defined by prominent ridges like Branson Ridge and Henderson Ridge, while numerous small runs such as Sloan Run and Wheeling Valley Run carve the terrain. This map captures the intersection of traditional Appalachian ridge-and-hollow settlement patterns with the large-scale footprint of the Consolidation Coal Company.