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1966 Map of Capron

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Capron
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

About this map

The town of Capron stands at the heart of this mid-1960s Southampton County landscape, where the Norfolk and Franklin railroad line bisects a terrain of agricultural clearings and dense swamp drainage. Local history is anchored by rural institutions like the Capron District School and a high concentration of community sanctuaries including Mars Hill Ch, Angelico Ch, and Zion Ch. To the northwest, the State Correctional Farm occupies a significant tract near Three Creek, while the southeastern corner reaches the village of Newsoms.

The physical geography is defined by the slow-moving waters of Buckhorn Swamp, Roan Swamp, and Sweet Swamp, which feed toward the Nottoway River at the map's northeastern edge. This survey documents the transition of the Southside Virginia landscape before modern industrial changes, preserving the locations of family-named landmarks like Worrell and Pope, alongside the Capron Lookout Tower used for timber management in this heavily wooded region.