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1968 Map of Buckingham

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Buckingham
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

About this map

Buckingham serves as the focal point of this Piedmont landscape, situated where the terrain transitions toward the Slate River valley. The 1968 survey details a network of rural communities such as Mount Vinco, Alcoma, and Enonville connected by winding secondary roads and family-named landmarks. The presence of several country congregations, including Trinity Ch and Mulberry Grove Ch, underscores the area's established social fabric, while the Buckingham County High Sch and County Vocational Sch indicate the local educational infrastructure of the period.

Water management and conservation are evident through features like State River Watershed Dam No. 2 and the expansive Horsepen Wildlife Management Area surrounding Horsepen Lake. Historical industrial or agricultural hubs like Slate River Mills and Dentons Corner offer clues for genealogists and local historians tracing the development of this central Virginia county before modern suburbanization patterns reached deep into the rural interior.