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1925 Map of Mingo

Name: 1925 Topographic Map of Mingo
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1942
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1942

About this map

The Monongahela National Forest dominates this landscape, surveyed in 1923 and reflecting the high-elevation terrain of the Allegheny Mountains. The map documents a scattered network of rural schools and mountain parishes that supported isolated timber and farming communities. In the south, the village of Huntersville stands near the winding Knapps Creek, while the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad follows the water's edge.

The presence of numerous education sites like New Pleasant Valley School and Crooked Fork School illustrates the demographic density of these valleys before mid-century consolidation. Settled areas such as Mingo and Slaty Fork are linked by the early route of U.S. 219, which traverses the gap between Valley Mountain and Middle Mountain. This survey serves as a record of the high-country settlements and watercourses including the Williams River and Slaty Fork before extensive modern development.