1967 Map of Newville

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Sutton Lake dominates the southern landscape of this 1967 survey, where the Elk River is pooled behind the dam. The map documents a rugged West Virginia terrain defined by narrow ridges like Keener Ridge and Harper Ridge that separate the drainage of the Little Kanawha River to the north from the Holly and Elk watersheds to the south. Small rural communities such as Newville and Palmer are connected by the winding tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, which follows the river's path through the deep valley.