1952 Map of Robbins

About this map

The Cincinnati New Orleans and Texas Pacific railroad carves a winding path through this portion of the Cumberland Plateau, anchoring settlements like Robbins and Elgin during the mid-twentieth century. The landscape is defined by the extraction economy of the era, visible in the numerous strip mines that follow the contours of Sheep Rock Mountain and Lowe Mountain. In the southern reaches, the boundary of Scott and Morgan Counties crosses through the high ground at Chaney Gap, while the valleys are dotted with local markers of community life, including the Wolf Creek Church and Campground Sch. Significant topographic features like Sawdust Hollow and Bear Cove Hollow drain into the winding New River and Brimstone Creek, showing the traditional orientation of homes and small family burial grounds like Todd Cem and Butler Cem along the creek bottoms.