1977 Map of Trout

About this map

Monongahela National Forest dominates this Greenbrier County landscape, where the high ridges of the Yew Mountains and Cold Knob Ridge frame a series of small, isolated mountain communities. In the southern half of the quadrangle, human settlement clings to the drainage basins of Spring Creek and its tributaries, with the hamlets of Trout, Friars Hill, and Esty serving as local anchors. The map reveals the social infrastructure of the mid-1970s through several country churches, including New Ellis Chapel and the Band of Hope Ch, alongside family-named sites like Mc Million Cem. Industrial presence is noted in the northern reaches via Strip Mines near Blue Knob, while the timber and conservation heritage of the area is represented by the Lookout Tower on Grassy Knob and the defined Williamsburg National Forest Boundary.