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1917 Map of Hurley

Name: 1917 Topographic Map of Hurley
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1917
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1917

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Grundy serves as a primary anchor in this 1917 survey of the borderlands where the Kentucky-Virginia state line meets the jagged divide between Pike and Buchanan counties. The landscape is defined by an intricate network of deep hollows and narrow ridges, where life centered on the forks of the Sandy River and Hurricane Creek. Small mountain communities and post offices like Hurley, Jamboree, and Kelsa PO appear as vital nodes of communication and trade in this era of transition.

A striking concentration of neighborhood schools, such as Upper Rocklick, Linn Camp, and Conaway School, reveals a settled rural population following the winding paths of Smith Branch and Ash Lick Fork. Features like Founding Mill and the scattered homes along Bear Hollow speak to the localized river-and-rail economy of the central Appalachians before modern infrastructure reshaped the geography of these remote valleys.