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2022 Map of Atkinson

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Atkinson
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

The Black River forms a natural border along the western edge of this Pender County landscape, where the Sampson Co Pender Co line meets the riverbank near Ivanhoe. The terrain is defined by a complex network of wetland features, including the broad Colvins Bay and Hawes Marsh, which illustrate the low-lying coastal plain environment. Numerous small watercourses like Tuckahoe Br and Colvins Cr drain toward the river, framing the agricultural and residential pockets of the area.

In the town of Atkinson, a detailed street grid emerges, centered on W Main St and E Church St. For those tracing local families, the map is a dense record of ancestral sites, including Atkinson Cem, Newtown Cem, and Marshburn Cem. These burial grounds, alongside landmarks like Cypress Lake and Lake Ann, provide concrete points of reference for understanding the historical settlement patterns between the river and the inland bay systems.