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2013 Map of Brookneal

Name: 2013 Topographic Map of Brookneal
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2013
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2013

About this map

The Roanoke River carves a sweeping path along the southern edge of this Campbell County landscape, defining the geographic orientation of Brookneal. This river crossing serves as the anchor for a network of rural roads and watercourses, including the Falling River and Little Falling River, which drain the northern hills. The map illustrates a community shaped by its waterways and rail-adjacent crossroads, where small nodes of settlement like Holts Crossing and North Halifax provide historical context to the local geography.

Upstream from the town center, the Brookneal Reservoir and Camp Hat Creek Lake suggest a managed hydraulic landscape supporting local needs. To the east and west, family-named landmarks and smaller settlements such as Patrick Henry, Terryville, and Perth dot the terrain. These features, along with prominent heights like Sugar Hill, reveal a Piedmont landscape of scattered homesites and agricultural reaches connected by traditional routes like Sugar Hill Rd and Patrick Henry Rd.