1963 Map of Cherry Hill

About this map

Wharf's Store and Bolsters Store anchor the rural crossroads of south-central Virginia in the early 1960s, a landscape defined by small family farmsteads and a dense network of private burial grounds. The map detail is particularly useful for genealogists, documenting over a dozen named family cemeteries such as Boisseau Cem, Bain Cem, and Carraway Cem scattered across the wooded divides. This 1963 field-checked survey also captures local educational and spiritual life at the Masontown Sch and Lloyds Ch. The terrain transitions from the headwaters of Sappony Creek in the north toward the Nottoway River along the southern boundary, where the Winfields Millpond suggests the remnants of water-powered industry at the edge of Dinwiddie County.