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1960 Map of Newburg

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Newburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

About this map

Arthurdale, established as a New Deal subsistence homestead community, occupies the northern reaches of this Preston County landscape along Deckers Creek. The map documents a deeply industrialized terrain defined by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad corridor and the intensive extraction shown at Strip Mines and the Arthurdale Gem. Settlement patterns follow the winding path of Three Fork Creek, with nodes of local life found at Independence and Newburg.

The landscape is marked by community landmarks that served a dispersed population of miners and farmers, including the Bethlehem Ch, Arthurdale Sch, and Pell Sch. Industrial infrastructure like the Tunnels near West End and the Pipeline crossing Kingwood Ridge illustrate the technological footprint of the era. The presence of numerous family and church burial grounds, such as Pratt Cem and Concord Cem, provides significant genealogical value for those tracing roots in the Lyon and Reno districts.