1940 Map of Mouth of Wilson

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Iron Mountain and the crests of the Blue Ridge dominate this 1940 survey of Grayson County, Virginia, and the adjacent North Carolina border. The landscape is defined by its high-altitude peaks, including First Peak, Second Peak, and Third Peak, which overlook a network of isolated rural settlements and creek valleys. Early 20th-century life is etched into the terrain through a high density of local institutions, from Burton Chapel to the County Home, along with numerous neighborhood schoolhouses like Rockbridge Sch and Little Wilson Sch. At the southern edge, the New River snakes through the valley near the community of Mouth of Wilson, serving as a vital geographical anchor for the region. This map illustrates the transition from high timbered ridges like Hickory Ridge to the bottomland farming communities at Grant and Volney, before the modernization of the road network significantly altered these highland corridors.