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2016 Map of Lester

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Lester
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

Guyandotte Mountain and Acord Ridge define the heavy relief of this Raleigh County landscape, where the coal heritage of West Virginia is written in the dense spacing of company towns along the valley floors. The corridor following Winding Gulf and its tributaries connects a string of notable settlements including Stotesbury, Tams, Helen, and Eastgulf, each historically tied to the surrounding mines and rail lines.

Further north, the town of Lester sits at a nexus of local roads like Old Bryson Rd, while Sophia marks the eastern edge of the quadrangle near the Coalfields Expressway. Genealogists will find interest in the documented locations of the Cannaday Cem and Slab Fork Cem, as well as named water sources like Hallie Basham Spring. The map captures the specialized transport infrastructure of the region, from the S. Taylor Memorial Bridge to the intricate network of secondary roads serving the mountain hollows.