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1922 Map of Horton

Name: 1922 Topographic Map of Horton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1922
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1922

About this map

Industrial logging and the expansion of mountain rail corridors define this West Virginia high country during the 1920s. The presence of the Glady and Alpera Logging RR and the Central West Virginia and Southern RR underscores an era of intense timber extraction. Settlements like Horton and Whitmer serve as hubs along these lines, while Evenwood and Glady represent the clustered life of mountain workers and their families.

Remote education and faith centers such as Lambert School, Chestnut Grove School, and Bethel Church are scattered across the landscape, providing landmarks for genealogists tracing ancestral homesteads. The terrain is marked by high ridges like Beech Pen Ridge and peaks including Spruce Knob, where the drainage of Shavers Fork and Otter Creek creates a complex network of runs and gulches that dictated the placement of early settlements and transport routes.