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1968 Map of Wytheville

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Wytheville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1991
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1991

About this map

Wytheville serves as the focal point of this late 1960s survey, showing the town as a vital crossroads where the interstate highway system began to reshape the landscape through developments like Interchange 21. The town's civic core is well-defined, featuring the Courthouse and several educational institutions, including Wytheville Community College and Wythe High Sch. The surrounding terrain transitions from the developed streets of the valley floor into the steep slopes of Lick Mountain and Cove Mountain, where landmarks like Chimney Rocks stand out against the Jefferson National Forest boundary.

Local industry and infrastructure are represented by several Quarry sites and the Wytheville Sanitarium and Hospital. Waterways such as Reed Creek and its many tributaries, including Venrick Run and Muskrat Branch, carve through the ridges. For those tracing family histories, the map identifies numerous small landmarks such as St Johns Ch, Bethel Ch, and the Oakwood Memorial Gardens, alongside smaller outlying settlements like Haven and Stringtown.