1972 Map of Beaufort

Military footprints are prominent throughout the region, from the sprawling Camp Lejeune U S Naval Reservation near Jacksonville to the Sunny Point Military Ocean Terminal on the Fear River. For genealogists and local historians, the map preserves the location of rural communities like Sarecta, Catherine Lake, and Waltons Store, alongside numerous unnamed cemeteries and the Sarecta Ch, providing a detailed view of the rural settlement patterns before modern development altered these traditional crossroads.