1963 Map of Cherry Hill

About this map

Wharfs Store and Bolsters Store anchor the rural crossroads of this Southside Virginia landscape, which straddles the borders of Dinwiddie and Sussex counties. Surveyed in the early 1960s, the terrain is defined by a dense network of family-named cemeteries and landmarks that speak to generations of local settlement. The drainage patterns of Sappony Creek and the Nottoway River dictate the placement of early industry, notably seen at Winfields Millpond. A high concentration of family burial grounds, including Abernathy Cem, Jones Cem, and Winfield Cem, provides exceptional detail for genealogists tracing ancestral homesteads near Mabrytown and Cherry Hill. The transition from small-scale farming to modern land use is visible in the late 1970s revisions, yet the map retains the original 1963 footprint of rural churches like Lloyds Ch and Rocky Mountain Ch.