Tucker County Boundaries
Davis:

WVGISTC 3/2026 - 
The 2023 boundary submitted by Andrew Meadows and the community boundary provided by the Tucker County’s Assessor’s Office this year are not significantly different, except for around the borders of the upper half of the town. Our mapping of the Northern boundary, based on a plat with calls, seems to best align with the 2023 boundary. Both boundaries barely intersect the Mon National Forest along the southwestern corner as well as intersecting Blackwater Falls State Park just below Blackwater River.
Andrew Meadows 2023 - 
“Original town boundary found in County Clerk’s Office in the Plat Cabinets in Sleeve 171. The northern boundary is missing from this map.
This first annexation was found in the County Clerk’s Office in the Plat Cabinets in Sleeve 282. This is typically referred to as the Industrial Park annexation. The plat designates an area that boarders the on the northern boundary or the original town boundary, so I made adjustments to the boundaries from the map in Sleeve 171 to match the boundary in this plat – since the northern boundary line in Sleeve 171 was no shown. This area is the area I referenced in that there has since been a land swap between the Tucker County Development Authority and WV DNR – which was on the southern boarder of the Industrial Park – and a possibly a common line of this annexation plat – yet the Town of Davis has not adjusted their annexation/corporation boundary to match. Maybe this in not their intention – but it seems like it would be and is odd. See the document in Tucker\Documentation\Corps and Annexations\Davis folder called “Land Swap - Industrial Park - DB 230-37.pdf”
There has been another annexation to the south of the original Town of Davis, referred to as Tuscan Ridge. The official annexation documentation was recorded in the County Clerk’s Office in Miscellaneous book 54, page 68 through 78. This document references a plat recorded in the County Clerk’s Office in the Plat Cabinets in Sleeve 347 for the full boundary description. This Miscellaneous book document and the plat from Sleeve 347 are located in the Tucker\Documentation\Corps and Annexations\Davis\Plat 347 folder.”
Hambleton:

WVGISTC 3/2026 - 
The calls present in the legal description of the deed are limited to only degrees, with some missing distances, and do not completely close to a polygon (as noted by Andrew Meadows below). Also, the placement of the first call depends upon where the Hendricks boundary starts, which is not abundantly clear with the documentation we have. However, his Hambleton boundary (2023) aligns with the calls in all areas except ones where assumptions must be made. It seems that the community boundary now present on Tucker County’s portal follows the same general shape but is modified to better align with the current parcel boundaries on the southern border and the current centerline of Hendricks Hill Rd. A road through the town also belongs to the Mon National Forest. Partial changes accepted in 2023 BAS submission by WVGISTC.
Andrew Meadows 2023 - 
“Initial and only description found of Hambleton Corp was its initial recordation in the County Clerk’s Office in Miscellaneous Book/Page at 8/387 on 11/9/1923 with an area of 160Ac.
There is no plat - just calls – which begin on the southern edge of a road (Hendricks Hill Rd)) and a corner of Hendricks Corp and then goes north-westerly from there on the southern edge of the road for several calls and then breaks off the road following additional calls – eventually crossing the river and coming back to the beginning. The calls do not close as is, but after making some assumed corrections on distances, based on references and such, to get it to close - the calculated acreage was close, 165Ac, to that called for in the recorded document of 160Ac. There is clearly room for re-interpretation on the western and southern boundary based on the adjustments I made to get closure – but with much more research to find exactly the referenced landmarks at the time.
No other documentation has been found to suggest that the boundary has ever been officially (or unofficially) changed since this initial recording. I have searched the County Clerk’s Office and asked the County Clerk (Sherry Simmons) for information, and I have also asked the last 2 Mayors to present anything that they have that says otherwise and nothing has been presented.
See the scanned pages in the Tucker\Documentation\Corps and Annexations\Hambleton Corp folder.”
Hendricks:

WVGISTC 3/2026 - 
We do not have a legal description for the community boundary, so my mapping was based on the plat. While most of the boundaries have degrees and poles notated, there are also boundaries where the call is missing, illegible, or based on natural boundaries that have likely shifted. A strip through the town (assumably a railroad at one point) also belongs to the Mon National Forest. The 2023 Hendricks polygon seems to align closely with my mapping, except that the drawing from the plat requires rotation to better fit the evidence in the imagery. Also, the 2023 polygon’s southern border aligns more directly with the Dry Fork than the plat. The community boundary now in use on Tucker County’s portal seems to be mostly similar but better aligns with current parcel boundaries on the southern and eastern border, as well as along the Blackwater River. Partial changes accepted in 2023 BAS submission by WVGISTC.
Andrew Meadows 2023 - 
“The only boundary description found of Hendricks Corp is in a recordation in the County Clerk’s Office in the Plat Cabinet in Sleeve 139.
The plat has calls on the lines and also has the town lots all laid out. There is slight discrepancy with the accuracy of the lots in relation to aerial imagery – but not surprising considering when this was done.
No other documentation has been found to suggest that the boundary has ever been officially (or unofficially) changed since this initial recording. I have searched the County Clerk’s Office and asked the County Clerk (Sherry Simmons) for information, and I have also asked the last 1 or 2 Mayors to present anything that they have that says otherwise and nothing has been presented.
See the scanned plat in the Tucker\Documentation\Corps and Annexations\Hendricks Corp folder.”
Parsons:

WVGISTC 3/2026 - 
Because no deed or plat was able to be located, there is no legal instrument on which to base the boundary. The current incorporated boundary on Tucker County’s portal, compared to the 2023 boundary provided by Andrew Meadows, includes about 16 more homes (many in between 6th St and 7th St) and changed shape slightly in the southeast corner to follow current parcel boundaries. The current census boundary includes much more area, is a different shape than the other two community boundaries, and intersects the Mon National Forest. Parsons is the only community among these with a substantial number of voters that are affected by the differing boundaries. 
Andrew Meadows 2023 - 
“The boundary that the U.S. Census Bureau is not accurate in relation to the areas taxed in Parsons Corporation. We could at some point try to construct a better boundary based on tax mapping and such. I have not been able to locate in documentation on the outer boundaries or even many/most of the annexations of Parsons Corp. I have worked with the County Clerk and have searched myself quite a lot, and cannot locate maps, plats, deed book/miscellaneous book documents, etc… for that would define the Parsons Corporation outer boundary. Additionally, the town of Parsons told me they lost all copies of their maps and such during the 1985 flood.”
Thomas:

WVGISTC 3/2026 – 
The coordinate geometry mapping of the survey plats matches the findings of Andrew Meadows and the Census Boundary as shown on BAS Comparison Viewer.  The northern exclusion for Parcels 1, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of Map 228, District 6 (Fairfax District) along U.S. Route 219 displayed on the annexation plat can be drawn more accurately on the Census boundary.  The southern exclusion of parcels along Cardinal Avenue and S. Euclid Avenue should match the parcels drawn on Tax Map 06-248A.pdf and the N 66°42'23" W 2,039 ft. legacy boundary line of the USGS topographic map.  Two structures are affected, one each in the exclusion areas.

The Mon National Forest intersects both the 2023 and current Tucker Co Assessor’s Office’s community boundary.

Andrew Meadows 2023 - 
“I have not tracked documents for the original area of Thomas Corporation – nor the first 3 annexations as they are documented in a single survey found in the County Clerk’s Office in the Plat Cabinets in Sleeve 325. This survey was done for Thomas Corporation by a licensed surveyor.
There was another annexation done, and the official documentation of that was recorded in the County Clerk’s Office in Deed Book 193, page 23. There is a “plat” in that document – which was also recorded and located in the County Clerk’s Office in the Plat Cabinets in Sleeve 387. This was not a professional survey, and is missing a call in the NW region – but I think was able to re-produce it well in the GIS.
See the scanned documents and plats in Tucker\Documentation\Corps and Annexations\Thomas Corp folder.”