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Online Resources
- West Virginia Maps from MapGeeks.org Includes boundary change map.
West Virginia University has a sizable collection of maps. The FamilySearch Library also has several West Virginia maps. A set of detailed topographic maps published 1911-1919 is on FS Library film 163986.
A helpful statewide atlas is:
New Descriptive Atlas of West Virginia. Clarksburg, West Virginia: Clarksburg Publishing Company, 1933. FS Library film 1425710
United States Census Bureau State and County Map. This map will allow you to zoom in on any state or county in the United States and read the names of all of the neighboring counties.
Modern county road maps can be purchased from:
West Virginia Department of Transportation
Division of Highways
Office Services Division, Map Sales
1900 Kanawha Boulevard, E., Building Five
Charleston, West Virginia 25305-0430
(304) 558-2868
Topographical maps are available from:
U.S. Department of Interior
Geological Survey
507 National Center
Reston, VA 20192
Telephone: 1-800-USA-MAPS
Telephone: 703-648-6045
Websites
http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/map/
http://www.livgenmi.com/1895/WV/
http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/wv_0.html
http://historical.mytopo.com/statemap.cfm?stateabr=WV
http://historical.mytopo.com/quadlist.cfm?stateabr=WV
http://historical.mytopo.com/townlist.cfm?stateabr=WV
Printable maps are also available from the National Atlas of the United States -- https://nationalmap.gov/small_scale/printable.html