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1960 Map of St. Clairsville

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of St. Clairsville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1961
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1961

About this map

St. Clairsville serves as the focal point for this Belmont County landscape, sitting at the junction of the historic National Road and the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. The 1960s terrain is marked by a blend of civic infrastructure and coal-era industry, featuring the County Sanatorium and the County Experimental Farm alongside active Strip Mine operations and numerous mine dumps. The area's social and spiritual history is preserved in a dense network of landmarks, including the Union Cemetery, Friends Cem, and Richland Ch.

Regional transportation and topography are defined by the winding paths of McMahon Creek and Wheeling Creek, which influenced the placement of smaller settlements like Warnock and Bannock. Genealogists will find significant value in the distribution of family-named landmarks such as Galloway Knob and the small rural airfield at Alderman Airport. This sheet captures the transition of the Ohio coal country as it balanced industrial extraction with its established role as a regional government and agricultural center.