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1969 Map of Parkersburg

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Parkersburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1989
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1989

About this map

Blennerhassett Island sits in the Ohio River at the southern edge of this mid-century survey, a landmark steeped in regional frontier history. The river serves as the central artery for this industrial corridor, where the Baltimore and Ohio RR follows the West Virginia shoreline through Vienna and Parkersburg. To the north, the Muskingum River joins the Ohio at a point marked by Vienna Island and the Memorial Bridge (Toll).

Cultural and educational development is prominent across the river from Belpre, Ohio, with institutions like Ohio Valley College, St Josephs Seminary, and numerous neighborhood schools like Emerson Sch and Madison Sch supporting the growing urban centers. Genealogists will find many significant burial grounds, including Mt Oliver Cemetery, Mt Carmel Cem, and Rockland Cem, situated among the residential hills and river terraces of both states.