2023 Map of Mount Olive

About this map

Mount Olive and Upland anchor this rural landscape where the boundaries of Mason and Putnam Counties converge. The terrain is defined by a dense network of drainages including Eighteenmile Creek and Five and Twenty Mile Creek, which feed toward the Kanawha River visible along the eastern edge. Local genealogy is well-preserved through numerous family and community sites, such as the Fraziers Bottom United Methodists Church and several small burying grounds like Mount Zion Cem and Evergreen Cem. The map illustrates the upland settlement patterns of West Virginia, where homes and churches like Staten Chapel are perched atop ridges such as Whitten Ridge and Dry Ridge, connected by winding routes like Palestine Road and Balls Chapel Road.