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1892 Map of Appomattox

Name: 1892 Topographic Map of Appomattox
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1943
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1943

About this map

The Appomattox Court House National Historical Monument marks the center of this Central Virginia landscape, surveyed just decades after the end of the Civil War. The terrain is defined by the headwaters of numerous creeks like Butterwood Cr and Molley Cr, flowing from the ridge lines that separate the James River to the north from the Roanoke river system to the south.

Transport networks are in a state of transition, as the Norfolk and Western Railroad and Lynchburg and Durham R. R. connect emerging hubs like Pamplin City and Spout Spring. Rural life is anchored by small crossroads and industrial sites, including Madison Mill, Wyatt Shop, and the river crossing at Gut Banks Ford. This survey captures the region's recovery and rail-driven growth, documenting dozens of named settlements such as Stonewall, Hixburg, and Red House that served as local commerce centers for late-19th-century tobacco and timber country.