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1958 Map of Mount Olive

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Mount Olive
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

About this map

The hills of Mason and Putnam counties are defined by a network of small rural institutions in the late 1950s, centered around the Kanawha River corridor. The community of Mount Olive serves as a local anchor in this landscape of narrow hollows and ridge-top roads. Numerous country schools and churches are distributed throughout the terrain, including Red Joe Sch, Pine Grove Sch, and Mt Zion Ch, reflecting a time when education and worship were deeply localized.

Drainage systems like Eighteenmile Creek and Five and Twenty Mile Creek dictate the settlement patterns, with homesteads following the winding watercourses. This survey captures a specific era of West Virginia history where small settlements like Upland remained distinct, connected by a series of secondary roads and a Jeep Trail that navigated the steeper elevations between Hannan and Teays Valley.