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2019 Map of Wellsville

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

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

The Ohio River carves a sharp, deep bend along the eastern edge of this landscape, forming the critical border between Ohio and West Virginia. This corridor is densely packed with river-oriented settlements including Wellsville, Empire, and New Cumberland, where transportation and industry follow the narrow shelf of land between the water and the rising interior hills. The convergence of Yellow Creek with the river is a focal point of the local geography, marked by the Yellow Creek Bar and the nearby community of Yellow Creek.

Inland, the terrain transitions into a complex system of wooded ridges and hollows defined by waterways like North Fork Yellow Creek and Town Fork. Rural life is anchored by small crossroads such as New Somerset and Hammondsville, where local history is preserved at the New Somerset Christian Cem and Sugar Grove Methodist Cem. The upland reaches also contain the Wellsville City Reservoir, highlighting the managed nature of the local watershed in the early 21st century.