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1960 Map of Wileyville

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Wileyville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1962
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1962

About this map

Saint Joseph Ch and the neighboring settlement of Saint Joseph occupy the high ground of the northern panhandle hills, where the border of Marshall and Wetzel Counties meets. The landscape is defined by an intricate network of ridges and narrow valleys, such as Greenfield Ridge and Fairview Ridge, which dictated the location of early homesteads and mountain roads. By the early 1960s, the region was heavily marked by the extraction industry, with numerous Gas Wells and Oil Wells scattered across the steep slopes and along Little Fishing Creek.

Deeply etched drainages like Rock Run and Blacksmith Run separate the small communities of Newdale, Beebee, and Wileyville. Local life centered on rural institutions such as the Grandview Sch and Antioch Ch. Many of these family-named landmarks and remote cemeteries, including the Friendship Cem and Harland Cem, provide essential data for genealogists tracing the residents of these rugged Appalachian hollows.