2016 Map of Mount Nebo

About this map

Summersville Lake and the Gauley River dominate the northern landscape of Nicholas County, where high ridges and deep drainages define the settlement patterns. This 2016 survey illustrates a region where life follows the high ground of Bryant Ridge and Jims Ridge, with the modern footprint of Summersville Airport contrasted against a network of much older rural roads. For family historians, the sheet is exceptionally detailed in its documentation of community burial grounds, recording sites such as Fowlers Knob Cem, Gilgal Cem, and Hickory Grove Cem. Small, scattered communities like Mount Nebo, Pool, and Runa are connected by a web of routes including Old Nicholas Rd and Old Gauley Rd, reflecting the long-standing transportation corridors that carved through this dissected plateau long before the impoundment of the lake.