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2016 Map of Williamsburg

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Williamsburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

Williamsburg and Frankford anchor this portrait of Greenbrier County, where the landscape is defined by the complex hydrology of the Allegheny foothills. The area is marked by numerous springs and subsurface features, such as McFerrin Breakdown Cave Spring and Mutts Black Cave Spring, indicating a karst topography where water frequently disappears into the earth. The drainage patterns of Sinking Cr and Milligan Cr wind through a series of ridges and hollows, including Butler Mtn and Thorny Hollow.

Rural life in this part of West Virginia is organized around small, often family-named settlements like Sunlight, Unus, and Brantville. These communities are connected by a network of local routes such as Catholic Church Rd and Leonard Long Rd. The presence of the Pilgrim Rest Cem and localized place names like Carroll Hill provide specific touchstones for genealogists and local historians tracing family lineages through these Appalachian valleys.