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1969 Map of Winona

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Winona
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

The Chesapeake and Ohio railway corridor defines the industrial character of this West Virginia landscape, following the winding Meadow River as it carves through the central highlands. This survey documents a critical transition in extraction methods, where traditional subsurface mining infrastructure like the Air Shaft Mine near Medo sits alongside the expansive Strip Mine operations that reshape the topography around Winona.

Settlement patterns follow the ridges and rail spurs, from the company-town layout of Clifftop and Manns near Babcock State Park to the smaller rural clusters at Divide and Hilton Village. Local history is preserved in landmarks such as the Old Stone House and the Jennette Cem, while the complex drainage of Glade Creek and Brackens Creek illustrates the challenging terrain that dictated the development of the region's coal and timber economies.