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1961 Map of Raven Rock

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Raven Rock
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1989
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1989

About this map

St Marys serves as the focal point of this Ohio River corridor survey, where the Ohio River separates West Virginia from the wooded ridges of the Wayne National Forest in Ohio. The map documents a riverside landscape defined by navigation and early industry, featuring the Baltimore and Ohio RR hugging the West Virginia shoreline near settlements like Raven Rock and Vaucluse.

Genealogists can find numerous family-named landmarks and rural burial sites, including Bowersock Cem, Taylor Cem, and the Independence Cem. The interior topography is a dense network of ridges such as Forest Ridge and Mt Carmel Ridge, dotted with isolated gas wells and country churches like Mt Hope Ch and Bethel Chapel. Notable institutional landmarks like the State Training Sch and the Middle Thoroughfare channel between islands further distinguish the river’s complex geography at this mid-century moment.