WEST VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 

 "Departments. 



The Whiting and West Brick Plant, near Glenville, will 

 be described in Chapter XII under the subject of "Clay". 



Layopolis (Sand Fork). 



The town of Layopolis, usually known as Sand Fork, the 

 name of the post-office, is located at the mouth of Sand Fork 

 of Little Kanawha River. It was incorporated in 1901 and 

 its population in 1914, by actual count, was 177, making it the 

 third town of the County. It owes its growth principally to 

 the oil development along the Grassland Syncline which 

 crosses the Little Kanawha River just east of the town, but 

 like many other oil villages the population has declined in re- 

 cent years. The presence of a large amount of Pittsburgh Coal 

 on both sides of the river leads to the belief that the village 

 will eventually become the scene of an extensive mining indus- 

 try. The Eureka Pipe Line Company maintains an oil pump- 

 ing plant at Layopolis. 



Cedarville. Cedarville, the fourth town in point of size 

 in the County, is located on Cedar Creek 2^ miles northwest 

 of the Gilmer-Braxton County Line. Its population in 1914, 

 by actual count, was 175. Its existence and growth depend 

 entirely on the farming community in which it is situated. It 

 is at the western edge of the great Pittsburgh Coal belt. 



Troy. Troy, the fifth town of the County, is located on 

 Leading Creek in the northeastern end of the County. Accord- 

 ing to G. B. Heckert, Mayor, it was incorporated October 13, 

 1887, and its population in 1914 was, by actual count 130. It 

 is located in a good farming community, for which it is the 

 supply point. 



