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2019 Map of Wellston

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Wellston
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Wellston serves as the primary urban center for this portion of Jackson County, anchoring a landscape shaped by coal history and early rail-oriented settlements. To the northwest, villages like Coalton and Glen Roy are closely clustered, accompanied by their namesake burial grounds like Coalton Cem and Glen Roy Cem. The mapping reveals a distinct pattern of small, often family-named localities such as Tom Corwin, Goldsboro, and Ironton Junction, many of which emerged around the industrial activity of the region's mineral resources.

Southward, the terrain transitions toward the city of Jackson and the pastoral Franklin Valley. The hydrography is defined by winding tributaries like Sugar Run, Meadow Run, and Dickason Run, which feed into larger bodies such as Sickles Pond and Lake Hollow. This 2019 data illustrates the enduring footprint of these communities, where historical cemeteries like Sullivan Cem and Woodson Cem remain vital links to the ancestral past within the modern rural fabric.