1968 Map of Whitesville
USGS Topo · Published 1989About this map
The Big Coal River and its southern fork carve through the coal-rich mountains of the Boone and Raleigh County border. This survey, updated with 1980s revisions, illustrates a landscape defined by its extractive industry, where Strip Mines and conveyor systems line the ridges of Kayford Mountain and Pond Mountain. The narrow river valleys provide the only level ground for a string of company towns and settlements, including the hub at Whitesville and the smaller communities of Montcoal, Sundial, and Stickney. Local history is preserved in small family and church plots like Asbury Cem and Mordue Cem, while the old RR grade near Garrison points to earlier eras of timber and transport. Educational centers like Marsh Fork High Sch and industrial sites like the Substation near Sundial serve as anchors for these mountain hollows.
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Editions of this 1968 Whitesville Map
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Historical Maps of Whitesville Through Time
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