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1907 Map of Beckford

Name: 1907 Topographic Map of Beckford
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1940
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1940

About this map

The Chowan River and its intricate network of swamps and creek landings anchor this 1905–1906 survey of northeastern North Carolina. This landscape is defined by the transition from the dense interior of the Dismal Swamp to the timber and milling centers along Bennetts Creek. Significant inland water features like Merchants Millpond and Jones Pond appear alongside a busy steamboat route, highlighting the era's reliance on riverine transport for moving goods from landings such as Sandy Field Ldg and Taylor Whf.

Rail transport intersects the river economy at Beckford Junc., where the Norfolk and Southern Railroad branches out toward Hobbsville. Genealogists can trace early twentieth-century community life through named crossroads and rural congregations, including Joppa Church and Middle Swamp Church. From the Burnt Pocoson to the riverside Holidays Island, the map captures a rural coastal plain where water, rail, and family-named landings shaped every settlement pattern.