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1957 Map of Pound

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Pound
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1970
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1970

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The town of Pound sits at the northern edge of this terrain, where the North Fork Pound River flows amidst a landscape defined by industrial extraction and deep-seated local communities. Extensive strip mines and the Clinchfield-Moss Mines mark the ridges of Bold Camp Mountain and Indian Mountain, revealing the heavy reliance on coal in this corner of Wise County. This resource-driven economy is tied together by the Chesapeake and Ohio RR and the Clinchfield RR, which snake through the hollows to move the region's output.

Away from the industrial scars, the map reveals a dense network of family-named landmarks and rural institutions. Numerous small congregations like Fairview Ch, Old Regular Ch, and Skeen Union Church serve the scattered population, while schools such as Boggs Sch and Gilliam Sch anchor the rural districts. The Tennessee Valley Divide cuts across the southern portion of the sheet, marking a significant hydrologic boundary in a land of steep ridges and named hollows.