1969 Map of Chester

About this map

Chester serves as the focal point of this Virginia survey, positioned where the Seaboard Coast Line railroad and local roads like Stage Road and Church Road intersect. The landscape is a mix of expanding residential developments like Sherwood Hills and Ashton alongside legacy institutions such as St Johns Ch and Zion Ch. To the east, the James River snakes past Dutch Gap and Farrar Island, showing the Old Channel and extensive Tidal Flats. This era of the late 1960s and early 1970s reveals a suburbanizing Chesterfield County, evidenced by the presence of John Tyler College and the growing boundary of Colonial Heights near the Appomattox River. The map meticulously details the transit infrastructure, including the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike and numerous creek crossings over Swift Creek and its many branches.