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2019 Map of Comfort

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Comfort
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Trent River meanders through the heart of this coastal plain landscape, defining the boundaries and agricultural patterns near the Lenoir and Jones County line. The settlement of Pleasant Hill serves as a central hub, surrounded by a network of rural roads such as E Pleasant Hill Rd and Small Town Rd. The topography is dominated by low-lying wetlands and pocosin environments, most notably the Bearwell Pocosin in the northwest and the expansive Tuckahoe Swamp to the southwest.

Smaller drainage systems like Joshua Creek, Black Swamp, and Bull Br feed into the main river channel, influencing the placement of local homesteads and farms at Combs Fork and Taylors Corner. Along the southern edge, the community of Comfort marks a localized center of activity. The presence of family-named thoroughfares like Sargett Brown Rd and Jessie Howard Rd offers specific points of interest for those tracing local land ownership and genealogy in this part of North Carolina.