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2023 Map of Mount Alto

Name: 2023 Topographic Map of Mount Alto
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2023
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2023

About this map

Mount Alto and the surrounding borderland of Jackson and Mason counties are defined by a complex network of ridges and springs in this recent survey. To the south, the Kanawha River marks the landscape near the settlement of Leon, while the interior is a high-relief terrain characterized by Thomas Ridge, Plants Ridge, and Yauger Ridge. Small communities like Rollins and Baden are situated along winding valley roads, often identified by their proximity to generational landmarks such as the Everett Keefer Spring or the Cleon Cadle Spring.

The area is exceptionally well-documented for genealogical research, featuring numerous family-named burial grounds and rural houses of worship. Notable sites include the Hopewell Baptist Church Cem in the northeast and the Yauger Church Cem near the center of the quadrangle. These features, along with numerous remote cemeteries like Ward Cem and Morgan Cem, reflect a long-established pattern of rural residency and upland farming that persists across the drainage basins of Tenmile Creek and Little Mill Creek.