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2016 Map of Odd

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

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

The community of Odd serves as a central point in this part of Southern West Virginia, where the high ridges of Guyandotte Mountain and Devils Backbone divide the landscape at the meeting of Raleigh, Mercer, and Wyoming counties. The terrain is deeply carved by watercourses like Tommy Cr and Barkers Cr, creating a network of hollows such as Richland Hollow and Schreder Hollow that have long defined the local geography and transportation routes.

Smaller settlements and named locales including Egeria, Willibet, and Josephine are connected by narrow mountain roads like Old Egeria Rd and Tommy Ridge Rd. Family names and local history are preserved in features like Mullins Farm Rd and the Howard Shrewsbury Spring, offering a look at the rural character of the region before 21st-century developments. The map illustrates how the steep slopes of Indian Grave Mtn and Bluff Mtn constrained early settlement to the narrow valley floors and gentler ridge tops.