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1964 Map of Wind Ridge

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Wind Ridge
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1994
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1994

About this map

The hills of Greene and Washington counties are defined by a complex network of branching waterways like Enlow Fork and Dunkard Fork, which shaped the early agricultural and industrial settlement patterns of southwestern Pennsylvania. In the southern half of the quadrangle, the Ryerson Station Reservoir and Ryerson Station State Park serve as major landmarks, preserving the area around the old settlement of Ryerson Station.

Genealogists will find a landscape dotted with family-named landmarks and local burial sites, such as the Braddock Cem, Zollars Cem, and Lazar Cem. Small community hubs like Wind Ridge, home to the Jacktown Fairgrounds, and Graysville sit among numerous gas wells and compressor stations that reflect the region's energy resources. The presence of a Covered Bridge on the Templeton Fork highlights the rural infrastructure that persisted in this landscape through the late twentieth century.