1997 Map of Wind Ridge

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Ryerson Station State Park anchors the southern portion of this landscape, centered on the Ryerson Station Reservoir at the confluence of the North Fork and South Fork. The terrain is defined by a dense network of steep hollows and ridges, such as Stone Coal Hill, which separate small agricultural and residential nodes. The local identity of this region in the late 1990s is tied to traditional gatherings and rural infrastructure, evidenced by the Jacktown Fairgrounds and a Covered Bridge crossing the Enlow Fork near Burdette. Genealogy researchers will find several family-named burial sites including Zollars Cem, Braddock Cem, and Lazear Cem. Small hamlets like Wind Ridge and West Finley are scattered throughout, connected by winding roads that follow the contours of the Dunkard Fork and Templeton Fork.