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1942 Map of Buckner

Name: 1942 Topographic Map of Buckner
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1961
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1961

About this map

Fredericks Hall and Buckner anchor this mid-century survey of the Louisa County interior, where the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad corridor dictates the placement of industry and small communities. The infrastructure of the era is evident in the Water Tank at Fredericks Hall and the Watchtower Ch near Buckner, while the surrounding landscape is defined by the winding course of the Little River and its numerous tributaries.

Smaller rural hubs like Gardners Crossroads and Wickham Corner suggest a traditional Piedmont settlement pattern of road-junction hamlets. The map captures a transition in local life, documenting essential social anchors like Rising Sun Ch and Bethany Ch alongside the natural drainage of Horsepen Branch and Hawkins Creek. For genealogists, the numerous unnamed cemeteries scattered near these settlements offer clues to family homesteads that remained prominent before modern regional development.