2016 Map of MacFarlan

About this map

The South Fork Hughes River meanders through the heart of this Appalachian landscape, where the borders of Ritchie, Wirt, and Calhoun counties meet. Small rural settlements like Macfarlan, Brohard, and Munday anchor a network of country roads and ridges that define the local geography. The map reveals a deeply dissected terrain of narrow hollows and high points like Frederick Ridge and Hartley Hill. Family history is preserved in several upland burial sites, including the Nutter Cem and Wolverton Cem. For genealogists and researchers, the detailed mapping of creeks like Dutchman Run and Straight Creek alongside specific county routes provides a clear picture of the residential patterns in this rural West Virginia corridor during the mid-2010s.