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1958 Map of Quick

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Quick
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

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Blue Creek winds through the northern portion of this Kanawha County landscape, anchoring the village of Quick and nearby Coalridge during the late 1950s. The region is defined by a dense network of hollows and forks, where small settlements like Cinco, Blount, and Rensford developed along the narrow valley floors of Fivemile Creek and Campbells Creek. This era of the West Virginia coalfields is marked by a mix of extraction and infrastructure, with several Mine locations and a Pumping Station situated near the headwaters of Little Tenmile Fork.

Evidence of established community life appears in the placement of rural institutions such as Pointlick Sch, Hansel Sch, and Grace Ch. In the southern reaches, the larger industrial footprints of Mammoth and Ward are visible near the border of the Cabin Creek district. On the high ground, the Mt Desert Lookout Tower provided a strategic vantage point over the heavily wooded ridges of Elk and Malden.