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2022 Map of Benson

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Benson
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

Benson serves as the primary municipal hub in this portion of the coastal plain, situated along a vital transportation corridor where North Carolina's rural agricultural lands meet modern interstate development. The town's grid is dense with named streets, contrasting with the surrounding landscape of winding tributaries and family-named homesteads. To the northwest, the intersection at Hardee Cross Roads marks a distinct rural node, while the county line between Johnston Co and Harnett Co runs through the southwestern reaches of the map.

Water plays a defining role in the local geography, with the headwaters of the Black River and the extensive wetlands of Mingo Swamp threading through the terrain. Numerous smaller streams like Stony Fork and E Mingo Cr drain into larger basins, punctuated by local landmarks such as Lassiter Pond and G R Barbour Pond. This 2022 survey documents the contemporary interface of long-established tobacco-country roads and the sprawling expansion of the Raleigh-Durham periphery.