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1909 Map of Peytona

Name: 1909 Topographic Map of Peytona
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1909
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1909

About this map

The Coal River and its tributaries dictate the development of this central West Virginia region, surveyed shortly after the turn of the century. Settlements like Peytona and Whitesville are connected by the Coal River Road, illustrating the importance of river-bottom travel in an area of steep ridges and deep forks. Along the northern edge, the industrial corridor of the Kanawha River is evident near Marmet and Belle, where the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad and the Kanawha and Michigan Ohio and River Railroad parallel the water.

Evidence of early extraction is visible through labels such as BM Coal and the presence of numerous sidings, including Brushton Siding and Winifrede Jct. The map details a landscape transition from the established river towns like Diamond and Quincy PO to the interior mountainous districts of Sherman and Crook. Small communities like Olcott and Comfort serve as focal points for local history research into the region's pre-war geography.