1973 Map of West Fork

About this map

West Fork and Greenland anchor this 1970s landscape, where the West Fork White River and the Burlington Northern railroad carve a north-south corridor through the Boston Mountains. The map reveals a deeply rooted rural society defined by family-named landmarks and upland agriculture. Significant genealogical data is present in the numerous small burial grounds, including the Boone Cem, Union Star Cem, and Mineral Springs Cem. The transition from river bottomlands to high ridges is punctuated by local institutions like Friendship Ch and Woolsey Ch. In the northern section, Drake Field and a nearby Substation signal the area's increasing modernization, while Quarries and a Sewage Disposal Pond illustrate the local industrial and civic footprint as the region grew during the early 1970s.