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1891 Map of Lewisburg

Name: 1891 Topographic Map of Lewisburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1941
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1941

About this map

Lewisburg serves as the focal point for this late 19th-century survey of the West Virginia and Virginia borderlands, where the Greenbrier River carves a path through the Allegheny Mountains. The landscape is defined by its early mineral springs and mountain passes, featuring famous destinations such as White Sulphur Springs, Sweet Spring, and Sweet Chalybeate Spring. These resorts were critical to the regional economy and social fabric of the era, supported by the advancing line of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.

Industrial and rural life are visible through the inclusion of the Stack Mines and local infrastructure like Van Staverns Mill and Ripleys Mill. Notable engineering feats of the period are documented at the Allegheny Tunnel and Lewis Tunnel. Smaller, perhaps vanished post offices and settlements such as Monroe Draft P.O., Laurel Branch P.O., and Half Way House provide valuable data for genealogists tracing family roots in Greenbrier and Monroe counties.