2016 Map of New Matamoras

About this map

The Ohio River dominates the landscape at Long Reach, where a series of river islands including Grandview Island, Mill Creek Island, Wells Island, and Crab Island follow the waterway's path between Ohio and West Virginia. This 2016 survey documents the river-centered geography of Matamoras and Grandview, highlighting the concentration of development along the banks. Further inland, the ridge-and-valley terrain of the Wayne National Forest is defined by sharp topographic relief and numerous family and denominational burial grounds, such as the German Lutheran Cem, Jericho Methodist Cem, and the Brownsville United Presbyterian Cem. These sites, along with settlements like Jericho and Brownsville, reveal the historical distribution of rural communities across the ridges of Washington Co and Monroe Co before the modern era.