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1944 Map of Martinsburg

Name: 1944 Topographic Map of Martinsburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1944
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

Martinsburg serves as a bustling hub in the eastern panhandle during the mid-1940s, its urban grid tightly packed between the Baltimore and Ohio and Cumberland Valley railroads. The presence of the Newton D Baker General Hospital U S Army and the Martinsburg Airport underscores the strategic military and logistical importance of the area during the war years. To the east, the landscape transitions into the winding valley of Opequon Creek, where topography dictates a more rural pattern of limestone quarries and scattered family-named landmarks.

Local life is recorded through an array of rural institutions, from the Dry Run Sunday School in the north to the U Of W Va Experimental Farm near Kearneysville. Small communities like Winebrenners Crossroads and Blairton punctuate the farm country, while numerous Cem markings and houses of worship like Douglas Grove Church provide essential detail for genealogical research in Berkeley and Jefferson counties.