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1968 Map of Ballsville

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Ballsville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

The Appomattox River winds through the heart of this Piedmont landscape, serving as a natural boundary between Cumberland, Powhatan, and Amelia counties. In the late 1960s, the region retained a distinctly rural character defined by agricultural settlements and small community centers. Clementown Mills sits near the confluence of the Little Bent Creek and the main river, a remnant of the local milling industry that once anchored these watercourses.

Genealogists and local historians will find a high concentration of community landmarks, particularly country churches like Hobsons Chapel and Epworth Ch, along with numerous small family cemeteries labeled simply as Cem. The map documents established crossroads including Tobaccoville, Morven, and Ballsville, while the southern reaches follow the drainage of Flat Creek and Horsepen Creek near Paineville. A network of unpaved roads and a Jeep Trail suggest a terrain that remained largely traditional even as modernization progressed elsewhere in the Commonwealth.