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1968 Map of Appomattox

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Appomattox
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

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Appomattox Court House National Historical Park borders the northern edge of this Piedmont landscape, preserving the site where the American Civil War effectively ended. By the late 1960s, the nearby town of Appomattox had expanded south of the Norfolk and Western line, featuring modern developments like a Drive-in Theater and the Appomattox County High School.

The rural surroundings are defined by a dense network of country roads connecting family-centered landmarks and congregations such as St Anna Ch and Chestnut Grove Ch. The terrain is deeply etched by the headwaters of the South Fork Appomattox River and numerous named branches like Purdums Branch and Maple Spring Branch, reflecting a landscape that remained largely agricultural even as regional infrastructure modernized around the railroad corridor at Evergreen.