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2019 Map of Whitmer

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

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

The mountain settlements of Job, Gandy, Whitmer, and Horton anchor this 2019 survey of the high-country landscape along the Randolph and Pendleton county line. Established within the Monongahela National Forest, these communities are historically tied to the timber and rail era of the Allegheny Mountains. The terrain is marked by significant elevations including Rich Mtn, Job Knob, and Spruce Mtn, with local genealogy points such as Laurel Hill Cem and the distinctively named Little Italy settlement providing windows into early upland life.

Water sources define the valleys, from the larger Gandy Creek and Laurel Fork to numerous family-named springs like William Armentrout Spring and Ray Mullennex Spring. A complex network of trails, including the Allegheny Mountain Trail and Horton Trail, follows the old paths through Lambert Hollow and along Spring Ridge, tracing the same corridors used for decades by loggers and backcountry travelers.