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1939 Map of Mount Rogers

Name: 1939 Topographic Map of Mount Rogers
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1939
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1939

About this map

The Norfolk and Western Railway winds through the high-elevation gaps of this 1930s borderland where Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina meet. This era in the Jefferson National Forest is defined by the proximity of remote mountain settlements to early industrial transport, with communities like Konnarock and Taylors Valley linked by rail and the winding Lee Highway. The map captures a moment when rural educational and spiritual centers served these peaks, including the Konnarock Girls Sch and several country churches like Lebanon Ch.

Mountaineering and timber legacies are evident in the terrain, which rises to the summit of Whitetop Mountain and the high ridges of Elk Garden. For researchers, the presence of the Appalachian Trail and the Feathercamp Lookout alongside family-named cemeteries such as Loves Mill Cem and Janes Cem provides a detailed view of the human geography before modern development bypassed these isolated hollows.