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1960 Map of Harrisville

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Harrisville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

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Strip mines dominate this mid-century landscape of Harrison and Belmont Counties, revealing a terrain heavily transformed by industrial coal extraction. The Georgetown Coal Preparation Plant stands as a central industrial hub near Georgetown (Short Creek PO), where the Norfolk and Western and Penn Central rail lines intersect to transport resources out of the Short Creek and Wheeling Creek valleys.

Genealogists will find a wealth of local landmarks, from the Drive-in Theater at Science Hill to numerous family and community burial grounds like Olive Branch Cem, West Grove Cem, and Crabapple Cem. Small settlements such as Harrisville, New Athens, and Shepherdstown are captured at a point of transition, surrounded by active mining operations and the evolving infrastructure of the postwar Ohio coal belt.