1950 Map of Edward

About this map

Blounts Creek (P O) and the small settlement of Edward anchor this rural landscape in the early 1950s, where the Atlantic Coast Line railroad cuts a diagonal path through eastern North Carolina. The map reveals a community defined by its watercourses and rural gathering places, with Swift Creek and Blounts Creek winding through the terrain. A dense concentration of country churches like Warren Chapel, St Luke Ch, and Phennia Chapel suggests a dispersed but socially connected population living across Chocowinity and Richland townships.