2014 Map of New Martinsville

About this map

New Martinsville anchors this survey of the Ohio River valley where the borders of West Virginia and Ohio meet. The map reveals a corridor of riverfront settlements including Steelton, Hannibal, and Duffy, connected across the water by the Richard Snyder Memorial Bridge and the Korean War Veterans Memorial Bridge. The landscape is defined by the sharp transition from the broad river bottomlands to the steep, ridge-and-valley topography of the interior. Genealogists will find a high density of rural burial sites, such as the Apostolic Christian Cem, Huff Family Cem, and Emma Grove Cem. Local industry and infrastructure are represented by the Gravel Pit near Gravel Bottom and the 3a-3a Slurry Impoundments 3 tucked behind Long Ridge. The interior terrain is marked by numerous family-named landmarks like American Ridge, Schupbach Ridge, and Rines Ridge, reflecting generations of settlement away from the river banks.