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1997 Map of Trace

Name: 1997 Topographic Map of Trace
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2003
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2003

About this map

The Guyandotte River valley and its surrounding ridges define this landscape along the border of Mingo, Logan, and Lincoln counties. In the late 1990s, the terrain remained marked by a dense network of mountain hollows and the enduring legacy of rural education and faith, seen in the numerous combined church-school sites and family burial grounds that dot the ridges. The settlement of Trace sits near the headwaters of Twelvepole Creek, while the village of Hoover occupies a bend in the river to the south.

A network of natural gas infrastructure, including numerous Gas Wells and a major Pipeline, parallels the ridgelines and creek beds, illustrating the area's industrial character. For genealogists and local historians, the map preserves specific cultural landmarks like the Hugh Dingess Sch and Mt Mariah Ch Cem, alongside remote schoolhouses such as Copley Trace Sch and Dalton Sch No 8 that served these isolated mountain communities.