1965 Map of Oakvale

About this map

The East River valley and the high ridgeline of East River Mountain dominate this mid-1960s study of the West Virginia and Virginia borderlands. The corridor of the Norfolk and Western RR facilitates transport through the rugged terrain, passing through the Hales Gap Tunnel and serving settlements like Oakvale and Kellysville. The map details a landscape transition from the established bottomland farms and hamlets of Willowton and Penvir to the dense, protected woodlands of the Jefferson National Forest to the south.