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1963 Map of Webb

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Webb
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1989
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1989

About this map

The Tug Fork carves a serpentine path along the border of West Virginia and Kentucky, serving as the dominant geographic and industrial artery for this region during the 1960s. Along its banks, the Norfolk and Western railway links small riverfront communities like Webb, Crum, and Kermit. The landscape is defined by the extraction of natural resources, evidenced by the numerous Gas Wells and Mines peppered throughout the hollows and ridges of Bull Mountain and Wells Mountain.

Social and civic life is anchored by rural institutions such as Concord Ch, Temple Bell Ch, and the Baker Gap Sch. To the northeast, the terrain transitions into the protected timberlands of Cabwaylingo State Forest, where a Lookout Tower stands atop Stick Ridge. This survey reveals a landscape where steep topography necessitated a settlement pattern tightly hugging the river valley and its narrow tributaries like Twelvepole Creek.