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1967 Map of Widen

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Widen
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

About this map

Coal extraction and rugged topography define this 1967 survey of the border between Nicholas and Clay counties. The company town of Widen is a central focal point, showing the industrial infrastructure of the era including a Tipple, a Substation, and numerous Strip Mine operations carved into the hillsides. The landscape is a complex network of narrow hollows and high ridges like Powell Mountain and Browns Ridge, where small settlements like Wattsville and Dille cling to the limited level ground near Buffalo Creek.

Transportation in the region relies on the B & O Railroad and a series of winding tracks such as the Brushy Fence Trail. Evidence of rural community life persists in isolated pockets, marked by the Little Creek Union Ch and family burial grounds like Butcher Cem. In the southern reaches, the map records the winding path of Muddlety Creek near Opal, while the northeast corner is bounded by the Birch River.