1978 Map of Brandon

About this map

The James River and Chickahominy River define this peninsula in Charles City County, where the landscape remained largely agricultural and wooded in the late 1970s. This orthophotoquad, produced in cooperation with the Soil Conservation Service, uses aerial photography to show the exact footprint of historic settlements like Brandon and Cherry Hall. The transition from riverfront marsh to upland fields is visible through the winding paths of Tomahund Creek and Morris Creek. Small rural crossroads like Rustic and Holdcroft anchor the inland areas, while Chickahominy Haven represents a more concentrated riverside development. For researchers, this photographic record provides an unfiltered view of field lines, woodlots, and homestead sites as they existed before modern land-use changes altered the James River waterfront.