1966 Map of Belmont

About this map

Richards Shop and Paytes anchor the northern landscape of this rural corridor along the Orange and Spotsylvania County line. The map captures a transition in the region's geography, most notably with the creation of Lake Anna in the south, which significantly altered the local drainage of Pamunkey Creek. This 1966 survey, updated with 1983 photorevisions, documents a high density of rural religious life with numerous small congregations like Craigs Ch, True Light Ch, and Belmont Chapel scattered among the wooded hills.