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2016 Map of Oak Hill

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Oak Hill
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

Oak Hill and Mount Hope anchor a landscape defined by its network of coal-era settlements and tributary hollows along the Fayette and Raleigh county line. The map captures a densely populated corridor where towns such as Glen Jean, Kilsyth, and Scarbro follow the winding path of Dunloup Creek. Further east, the community of Minden is tucked into the drainage of Arbuckle Creek, illustrating the characteristic development pattern of the West Virginia plateau.

Genealogists can identify several local burial grounds, including Bays Cemetery and Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery near Whipple. The terrain is marked by steep ridges like Pea Ridge and Lick Fork Ridge, which hem in smaller outposts such as Dothan and Sun. To the west, the topography opens toward Plum Orchard Lake, providing a contrast to the industrial and residential clusters along the major roads like Okey L Patterson Road.