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1965 Map of Pax

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Pax
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1966
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1966

About this map

The industrial coal and rail landscape of the mid-1960s is on full display here, where the border of Kanawha Co, Fayette Co, and Raleigh Co meet. The settlement of Pax serves as a central hub, where the Norfolk and Western and C & O rail lines intersect with the Turnpike. The terrain is characterized by intensive resource extraction, visible through numerous labels for strip mines, a Tipple, and mine dumps clustered near communities like Milburn and Kingston.

Genealogists and local researchers will find a dense network of family-named landmarks and cemeteries tucked into the hollows, including Workman Cem, Tyree Cem, and Lively Cem. Religious life is marked by the Spruce Tabernacle and Mossy Ch, while the heights of Paint Mountain are guarded by a Lookout Tower on Lick Knob. This survey provides a precise look at the rural infrastructure and extractive industries that shaped West Virginia's coal country in the post-war era.