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1966 Map of Rock Cave

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Rock Cave
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

The French Creek Game Farm serves as a prominent landmark in this mid-1960s survey of Upshur County, situated within a landscape defined by the winding Little Kanawha River and Little Kanawha Mountain. The geography is characterized by narrow ridges such as Mulberry Ridge and Heaston Ridge, where small communities like Rock Cave and Arlington are connected by a network of rural roads and river valleys. The economy of the era is evidenced by a Baltimore and Ohio railroad line in the northwest and various infrastructure including a Compressor Sta and several Pipelines.

Genealogists and local historians will find a high density of rural institutions, including Wilson Chapel, Holly Grove Ch, and Mt Zion Ch. Numerous family-linked sites are recorded throughout the drainage basins of Kanawha Run and Flatwoods Run, alongside smaller settlements like Gaines and Kanawha Head. The map also captures the industrial footprint of the time through scattered mines and a Gravel Pit.