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2019 Map of Mountain Valley

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Mountain Valley
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Turkeycock Mtn and its prominent Double-Oaks Gap dominate the center of this terrain, where the borders of Franklin, Henry, and Pittsylvania counties converge. The landscape is defined by high ridges like Little Mtn and Robertson Mtn, with a dense network of watercourses including Turkeycock Cr and Snow Cr draining the slopes. Small rural communities and historic industrial sites are scattered throughout, most notably the area around Swansons Mill and the settlements of Grady and Vashti.

Genealogists will find a significant concentration of family burial grounds tucked into the hollows and hillsides, such as the Lovell Yeatts Cem, Boones Chapel Cem, and Walker-Rigney Cem. The map reveals a transition from the higher elevations at Hickory Knob to the headwaters of the W Fork Sandy River, providing a clear record of local land use and residential patterns in this corner of the Virginia Piedmont.