1921 Map of Moorefield

About this map

Moorefield serves as the valley anchor for this area of Hardy and Hampshire counties, where the South Branch Potomac River winds between the steep ridges of Mill Creek Mountain and Moorefield Mountain. The 1921 landscape is dense with small rural institutions that tell the story of early Appalachian settlement. Numerous family-named schoolhouses such as McNeill School and Hines School dot the hollows, while a Logging RR near Anderson Run points to the timber industry's reach into the western slopes.