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1977 Map of Pickens

Name: 1977 Topographic Map of Pickens
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

Pickens and the Swiss-settled village of Helvetia anchor this 1977 survey of the high Allegheny highlands within Randolph and Upshur counties. The landscape is defined by the steep drainage basins of the Left Fork and Right Fork of the Buckhannon River, where timber and coal once drove the local economy. Evidence of this industrial history remains in the footprint of the Old Buckhannon River Railroad and the Baltimore and Ohio line passing through Newlonton.

Genealogists will find several family and community burial grounds, including Pine Grove Cemetery, Helvetia Cem, and Pickens Cem. The southern portion of the map transition into the protected lands of Kumbrabow State Forest, while scattered Strip Mine and Gas Well labels indicate the continuing extraction of natural resources. The inclusion of Hartridge (Site) marks a location where a community or facility once stood, now largely reclaimed by the forest.