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1921 Map of White Sulphur Springs

Name: 1921 Topographic Map of White Sulphur Springs
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1921
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1921

About this map

White Sulphur Springs and the surrounding Greenbrier valley appear here during a period of established rail commerce and rural educational expansion. The landscape is defined by the Greenbrier River and the competing routes of the Chesapeake and Ohio RR and the historic James River and Kanawha Turnpike. This 1921 survey illustrates an incredibly dense network of community infrastructure, particularly the dozens of small district schools like the Balm of Gilead School, Blue Swamp School, and George School that served the outlying farming townships of Falling Spring and Williamsburg.

Transitioning from the river bottoms to the heights of Kates Mountain and White Rock Mountain, the map preserves the locations of local post offices and landmarks now central to family history research. From the Keister Judyton PO to the crossing at Mathews Ford, the map documents the connective tissue of early 20th-century Greenbrier County life, including rural congregations at Pilgrim Rest Church and Walnut Grove Church.