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1933 Map of Healing Springs

Name: 1933 Topographic Map of Healing Springs
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1933
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1933

About this map

Warm Springs Valley serves as the central corridor for this early 1930s survey, defined by its historic thermal springs and emerging resort infrastructure. The presence of Hot Springs at the northern edge and Healing Springs to the south highlights the region's long-standing appeal, while modern additions like the Cascades Golf Club and Ingalls Landing Field signal the era's leisure-driven development. Away from the valley floor, the landscape rises into the ridges of Warm Springs Mountain and Millboro Mountain, where small mountain communities and landmarks like Holly House Farm and Tinkertown appear along the narrow hollows.

The eastern portion of the sheet is dominated by a complex network of ridges, including Salt Pond Ridge and Brushy Ridge, drained by Wilson Creek and Mill Creek. This area preserves several localized landmarks such as Porters Mill Pond and Oak Grove Sch, illustrating a rural economy shaped by the steep topography. Near the boundary of Bath Co and Alleghany Co, the terrain becomes particularly dense with family-named gaps and hollows, including Beards Gap and Ross Camp Hollow, before reaching the Cowpasture River at the eastern limit.