1960 Map of Moundsville

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The Ohio River corridor serves as the industrial and civic spine of this West Virginia panhandle survey, anchored by the ancient presence of the Grave Creek Indian Mound. In Moundsville, the street grid is densely developed around the State Penitentiary and the Court House, while the outlying Prison Farms and Camp Fairchance reflect the region's institutional character. To the north, the riverfront settlements of McMechen and Glendale are tightly packed between the water and the rising slopes of The Narrows, where the Baltimore and Ohio railroad tracks follow the shoreline.