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1966 Map of Roanoke

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Roanoke
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1989
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1989

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Small settlements and rural church sites dot the valley of the West Fk River and its numerous winding tributaries during the mid-1960s. The landscape of Court House and Collins Settlement is defined by a dense network of extraction points, with scores of Gas Wells and Oil Wells peppered across the ridgelines near Roanoke and Vandalia. This era shows the early integration of resource management and recreation, specifically noting the Stonewall Jackson Lake Public Hunting and Fishing Area and the Stonecoal Reservoir in the northeast.

Local history is preserved in small family and community burial grounds such as Rockford-Fletcher Cem and Hannahs Temple Cem. The transition from agrarian roots to an industrial and recreational landscape is evident in the presence of Alkires Mills alongside modern infrastructure and conservation zones. Significant terrain features like Bald Knob and Wilson Knob overlook a complex drainage system including Skin Creek and Wolf Creek.