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1954 Map of Buckhorn

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Buckhorn
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1986
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1986

About this map

Somerton Friends Meeting House and several country churches like Zion Ch and Gethsemane Ch anchor this rural landscape in the mid-1950s. The region is defined by a dense network of wetlands, including Quaker Swamp and Cypress Swamp, which interlace with the early transportation corridors of the Norfolk and Western and Seaboard railroads. These rail lines supported small railside communities and depots such as Buckhorn (Purvis Sta) and Kilby.

The presence of numerous unnamed cemeteries and the Savage Crossing Sch suggests a historically dispersed population rooted in agriculture and timber. Water management is evident through features like Lake Cohoon and Lake Kilby in the northeast. While revisions from the 1980s introduce modern elements like a Trailer Park near Little Tabernacle, the map primarily preserves the mid-century character of the Virginia coastal plain before significant suburban expansion.