1958 Map of Appomattox

About this map

Appomattox Court House National Historical Park anchors this central Virginia landscape, preserving the site of the historic 1865 surrender and the famous McLean House. By the late 1950s, the surrounding area is characterized by a dense network of small rural communities and named crossroads such as Evergreen, Stonewall Mills, and Oakville. The map illustrates a region defined by the headwaters of the Appomattox and James rivers, where the Norfolk and Western RR and Chesapeake and Ohio RR dictated the growth of towns like Appomattox and Concord.