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2011 Map of Romance

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Romance
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Romance Post Office and Advent Post Office serve as the primary anchors for this rural West Virginia landscape, where small communities are defined by their position along winding watercourses. The Pocatalico River snakes through the center of the terrain, joined by numerous tributaries like Hicumbottom Run and Aarons Fork. This network of narrow valleys, or hollows, has dictated the pattern of local settlement and family history, evidenced by the high density of small family burial grounds including Fisher Cemetery, Thomas Cemetery, and Fields Cemetery.

The geography is characterized by distinct ridges such as Fisher Ridge and isolated flats like Poca Flats. Small settlements like Hicumbottom and Blundon are situated near the confluences of creeks, while landmarks like Yukon Lake and Mount Tell provide clear navigation points across the broken terrain. This map records the integration of late 20th-century infrastructure with early Appalachian settlement patterns.