1968 Map of Wytheville

About this map

The town of Wytheville serves as the focal point of this late 1960s study, positioned at the foot of Pine Ridge and Sand Mountain. The map illustrates a community in transition, showing the newly constructed Interstate highway system via Interchange 21 and Interchange 22 cutting across the historical rail corridor established by the Norfolk and Western railroad. Educational and social institutions are prominent, from the Wytheville Community College campus to the Wytheville Sanitarium and Hospital and the Childrens Home. Outside the town center, the landscape is defined by the winding course of Reed Creek and the steep elevations of the Jefferson National Forest, where peaks like Queens Knob rise above peripheral settlements such as Haven and Petunia. The presence of numerous quarries and gravel pits along the mountain slopes points to the region's active industrial and mineral extraction history.