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1944 Map of Culpeper

Name: 1944 Topographic Map of Culpeper
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1944
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

Culpeper serves as the focal point of this 1944 War Department survey, showing the town's layout just before the post-war expansion. The map details vital infrastructure of the era, from the Southern railroad line to the Fairground and a local Sawmill. Religious and commemorative sites are prominent, including the U S National Cemetery, the Masonic Cemetery, and several rural houses of worship such as Shiloh Church and Poplar Ridge Church.

South of the town center, the distinctive peak of Mt Pony rises above a landscape drained by Mountain Run and Potato Run. The survey extends to the Rapidan River at the southern boundary, where the border between Culpeper County and Orange County is defined. This mid-century view captures small communities like Stevensburg and Batna during a period when the region remained largely agrarian, punctuated by early technological markers like the USC&GS Radio Tower 1942.