1961 Map of Pennsboro
USGS Topo · Published 1977About this map
Pennsboro sits at the heart of this mid-century West Virginia survey, marking a dense node of settlement along the Baltimore and Ohio RR. The landscape follows a distinctly rhythmic pattern of sharp ridges and deep drainage, where the North Fork Hughes River and its numerous tributaries like Bonds Creek and Gnat Run dictate the placement of roads and homesteads. The distribution of small country churches and burial grounds, such as the Mole Hill Chapel and the Burnthouse Cem, suggests a deeply rooted rural community organized around these narrow valley floors.
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Editions of this 1961 Pennsboro Map
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Historical Maps of Pennsboro Through Time
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