1954 Map of Jenkins West

About this map

Neon and Fleming anchor this 1950s study of the coal-rich highlands along the Kentucky-Virginia border. The landscape is defined by the deep incisions of Rockhouse Creek and Elkhorn Creek, where narrow valleys host a dense network of mountain settlements like Hemphill (Jackhorn PO) and McRoberts. These communities are physically linked by the Chesapeake and Ohio and Louisville and Nashville railroads, which snake through the topography to serve the intensive extraction operations labeled as strip mines.