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1948 Map of Kitzmiller

Name: 1948 Topographic Map of Kitzmiller
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

About this map

Backbone Mountain dominates this survey of the Maryland and West Virginia border, where the Potomac River carves a winding path through the coal-rich highlands of Garrett County and Mineral County. The settlement of Kitzmiller sits at the heart of a river-and-rail corridor, flanked by small communities like Shallmar and Blaine. Higher in the hills, the industrial presence of the era is evident in the scattered hamlets of West Vindex and East Vindex, places linked to the resources of the surrounding slopes.

Transport networks are central to the landscape, with the Baltimore and Ohio and Western Maryland railroads tracking the river's edge and piercing the terrain at Hitchcock Tunnel. Local history is preserved in the locations of the Mt Zion School and various rural sanctuaries like Walnut Bottom Church. Revisions on the map also indicate the rising waters of Bloomington Lake as it began to reshape the valley topography near Shaw.