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1939 Map of Lobelia

Name: 1939 Topographic Map of Lobelia
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1950
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1950

About this map

The Monongahela Nat For dominates this 1930s landscape, where small agricultural pockets like Lobelia and Renicks Valley persist along the high ridges and valley floors. High-altitude wetlands such as the Cranberry Glades provide a stark contrast to the surrounding timbered peaks of Kennison Mtn and Black Mtn. The region's isolation is countered by the historic Seneca Trail and the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad corridor tracking along the Greenbrier River in the southeast.

Local rural life is densely recorded through a network of one-room schools and country churches, including the Rockcamp School, Beulah Church, and Trout PO. This map documents a transition point for these mountain communities, showing small settlements like Loveridge and Cordova at their early 20th-century height before mid-century demographic shifts. Many family-named landmarks, such as Jacox Knob and Ballard Mtn, provide essential geographic anchors for genealogists studying the borderlands of Greenbrier and Pocahontas counties.