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1933 Map of Warm Springs Run

Name: 1933 Topographic Map of Warm Springs Run
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1945
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1945

About this map

Warm Springs and Hot Springs anchor this 1930s survey of Bath County, Virginia, where the ridge-and-valley landscape dictates the path of human settlement and industry. The topography is defined by the massive folds of Millboro Mountain, Little Warm Springs Mountain, and Little Mountain, which funnel development into narrow runs and drafts. The Chesapeake and Ohio railroad corridor follows the base of these ridges, connecting small worker communities and transit points like Bacova Junction, Thomastown, and Mitchelltown.

Social life in these mountain valleys centered on institutions such as The Gap Sch and Thomastown Sch, while spiritual needs were met at Chimney Run Ch and Mt Hope Ch. Much of the northern terrain is managed as part of the George Washington National Forest, where labels like O'Roarke Draft and Shakerag speak to the deep local nomenclature of the Appalachian highlands. The drainage of the Jackson River and Cedar Creek provides the primary water network for the region's early 20th-century economy.