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1931 Map of Wayne

Name: 1931 Topographic Map of Wayne
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1956
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1956

About this map

The Wayne county seat and the winding path of Twelvepole Creek define the geography of this 1931 revision. This landscape is a dense network of ridge-top schools and creek-bottom settlements, showing the rural structure of the region before modern consolidation. Communities like East Lynn, Genoa, and Radnor are linked by the Norfolk and Western Ry, which follows the water gaps through the hills.

The map reveals a remarkably high density of local institutions, with dozens of named schools such as Booth Sch, Gilkerson Sch, and Hickory Gap Sch serving isolated hollows. Notable landmarks like the Stone Cave and high points such as Wheeler Knob and Turkeycamp Knob provide orientation across the heavily dissected terrain. Genealogists can trace family-named features and small post offices, including Quaker PO, that served these mountain communities in the early twentieth century.