I have been told that Fork Ridge & Blairs Ridge are in Marshall Co. BUT I would like to know where they are located, if anyone could help me out here. For starters, are they "areas" rather than small towns? Are they voting districts? What towns are they close to? Can't located either on any of my maps, atlas or mapquest. Appreciate your help. Beth

My sister n law and I visited Marshall County back in May. While at the Court House, we purchased a general Highway Map of Marshall County in the Clerks Office. It is a two page map with great detail. Both of the riges you asked about are located on sheet #1 with Moundsville. Along with the roads, it shows all of the creeks as well in blue ink which helps to differentiate from the roads. All in all - a very nice map. Southeast out of Moundsville follow Rt 34 south and east. Find road # 40 (a graded road) - The map says Blair's Ridge along that road. South out of Moundsville find Rt 17 - runs between 34 and 54 to the south. The map identifies road 17 with Fork Ridge. Have you ever used the USGS map system on the WEB. The web address is very long, so just go thru google. USGS National Mapping Information. Be sure to book mark it. You'll find it a great help. A query form will come up for county and state. You have a choice of feature type and feature name and there are several choices of types to search for. The first map that comes up allows you to increase the size of the image. When you do that then the map will print on one page instead of splitting the information on two pages. Also - You can only mark one place at a time - so I print the first one, and then from there mark the other sites I am interested in on it. Of course you can print individual maps for each site as well. Another hint, I had a problem initially when I changed states. The county list would stay with the previous state, it seems to me I double clicked on the county query area a couple of times before it would allow me to search the correct county in the new state. Initially, it may take some effort to figure out the methodology but its a great resource. If you ever get to Marshall County, be sure to visit the Marshall Co Museum, you'll need to make arrangements ahead of time in case you won't be there on the days that it is open.. Its located in an old church building. There is a link from the Marshall County Home page to find out more about the society. They have an old map mounted on the wall that identifies parcels and owners dated 1934. The Historical Society president may still be montitoring this site. He was very helpful before and during our visit to Marshall County. Hope you find this helpful. NML ----- Original Message ----- From: <Newchase7@aol.com> To: <WVMARSHA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 8:48 AM Subject: locations > I have been told that Fork Ridge & Blairs Ridge are in Marshall Co. BUT I > would like to know where they are located, if anyone could help me out here. > For starters, are they "areas" rather than small towns? Are they voting > districts? What towns are they close to? Can't located either on any of my > maps, atlas or mapquest. Appreciate your help. > Beth > > ______________________________