1966 Map of Belmont

About this map

Belmont and its surrounding rural hamlets are mapped here during a period of transition, most notably marked by the development of Lake Anna in the southern portion of the sheet. The landscape is a network of small, family-associated locales like Richards Shop, Mastins Corner, and Porters, connected by historic thoroughfares such as Lawyers Road and Catharpin Road. The presence of numerous rural congregations, including Craigs Ch, Fellowship Ch, and Belmont Chapel, along with various unnamed cemeteries, reflects the deep-rooted social and genealogical fabric of this portion of Orange and Spotsylvania Counties. The topographical record captures the area just as modern infrastructure, such as the prominent north-south Pipeline, began to bisect the established agricultural and timber lands drained by Catharpin Run and Plentiful Creek.