1972 Map of Flint Hill

About this map

Flint Hill and the surrounding Rappahannock County landscape are shown here through 1972 aerial photography. This orthophotoquad captures the transition between the rolling Piedmont and the Blue Ridge foothills, where the settlement of Hume sits at the eastern edge of the quadrangle. The map reflects a rural Virginia economy defined by large-scale field patterns, woodlots, and a network of winding country roads that connect these historic crossroads. Unlike a traditional line-drawn topographic map, this imagery reveals the specific textures of the land as it appeared in the early 1970s, from the density of forest cover to the precise locations of farmhouses and agricultural outbuildings that have long characterized this part of the Commonwealth.