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Helvetia, West Virginia Map Art
Building by building, with labeled streets and shaded relief.
12" x 18" Archival Matte Print
A Map of Home. A Work of Art.
Explore Helvetia, West Virginia from a whole new perspective. Created using aerial imagery and detailed geographic data, this map captures Helvetia building by building, with labeled streets, familiar landmarks, and shaded topographical relief that highlights the natural contours of the landscape.
Combining modern data with the timeless character of a vintage atlas, this map is just as interesting up close as it is beautiful on the wall. Whether you grew up in Helvetia, spent memorable years there, or call it home today, this unique map is a great way to celebrate a place that means something to you. Zoom in on the preview to look for your street, and then order a print to put your memories on the wall.
Three ways to hang it
Unframed archival matte, a black wood frame or a white wood frame.
Up close
Geography Worth Displaying
This map was created using accurate cartographic data and authoritative geographic sources, including the U.S. Geological Survey and the Census Bureau. The map brings together terrain, waterways, roads, and building detail. The majority of the streets are labeled, houses are accurately depicted, and the topography is derived from government sources. Combining local data with carefully composed color and shading leads to this beautifully detailed Helvetia artwork for your wall.
Rather than simply showing street outlines, we’ve included as many of the street names as we could reasonably fit on the map while keeping their names legible. Zoom in on the high resolution preview to see exactly what’s on the map. We truly set out to create a statement piece for anyone who loves Helvetia. So whether it’s for you, or a gift for someone you love, we hope this map of Helvetia brings back fond memories.
Read the story behind this map of Helvetia, West Virginia from 2026.
Find your street
Names on the Helvetia map
Every name below is printed on this map. Look for your street, your school, the park where you played, or the pond down the road.
Streets and roads10
- Co Rt 45 Road
- Helvetia-Adolph Road
- County Route 46
- County Route 45
- Helvetia-Pickens Road
- County Route 48
- Old Helvetia-Newlontown Road
- Zambaugh
- Karlen Road
- Karlow Road
Names are listed as they appear on the printed map. Zoom into the product photos to find them.
About Helvetia, West Virginia
Helvetia is a community of 38 people in the mountains of southwestern Randolph County. After the Civil War, Swiss immigrants who spoke German formed a club in Brooklyn called the Grütliverein, or Grütli Society, and its members promised to move to another part of the country together when the time came. One member, a surveyor named Isler, had mapped much of the eastern West Virginia mountains for a firm in Washington, and he told the others how good the land was.
Six men left Brooklyn by train on October 15, 1869, reached Clarksburg and then walked over the mountains to look at a tract that was for sale. The forest was far thicker than they had hoped, but the price was low, and land agents in Clarksburg promised more help if they brought in settlers. The society chose to come. Because the land was cheap, families could buy farms of their own, and a center of 100 acres was divided into lots and offered to skilled tradesmen.
“In 1869, a real estate company of New York induced a number of Swiss immigrants to establish a settlement on a branch of the Buckhannon River. In honor of their native village, the colony was called Helvetia.”
- From 32 people to 308Early in 1871 only 32 people lived in Helvetia. That year C.E. Lutz arrived and became the land agent, and he wrote ads in English and German for newspapers around the country. Newcomers came from across the United States, from Canada and straight from Switzerland. Many were farmers and herdsmen, while others worked as stonemasons, carpenters, watchmakers and cheese makers, and some came as doctors, ministers, teachers and musicians. The settlement counted 308 people by 1874.
- A band and a health societyBy 1875 the Swiss settlers had organized a band and a mutual aid society, the Schweizer-Kranken-Unterstützung-Verein, or Swiss Health Support Association, so neighbors could help one another through sickness.
- Fasnacht before LentIn the late 1960s Eleanor Mailloux and Delores Baggerly set out to bring visitors to Helvetia by showing off its Swiss roots. They opened the Hütte restaurant, put together a community cookbook called Oppis Guet's vo Helvetia, and started a public Fasnacht. Held the last Saturday before Lent, it blends the Swiss Fasnacht with the customs of Sechseläuten.
- A Swiss calendar all yearHelvetia keeps its traditions through the seasons. Neighbors gather for a Ramp Supper on the last Saturday in April, mark the Swiss National Holiday on the Saturday nearest August 1, hold a Community Fair on the second full weekend in September and celebrate Saint Nicholas Day on the Saturday closest to December 5.
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The art of mapping a place
How This Map Was Made
Real places. Remarkable detail. Discover the layers that turn geographic data into a map of home.
The view from above
Aerial imagery reveals the character of the land: woodland, open fields, and the patterns of a place.
The shape of the land
Elevation data brings hills, valleys, and subtle changes in the landscape into view.
The details of home
Roads, waterways, and building footprints come together to make the map feel unmistakably local.
Geography becomes art
Considered color, shading, and typography bring the layers together in a map made for your wall.
Process illustrated with Mendon, Massachusetts. Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP. Terrain: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Map details and finished artwork: KNOWOL.
The Details
About This Print
Choose an archival matte print, or a black or white Ayous wood frame. The archival matte print is unframed.
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Materials & Craftsmanship
A contemporary map with the character of a classic atlas, printed on archival matte paper. Optional frames are made from Ayous wood.
Your printed map does not include the watermark shown in the full-map preview.
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