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1965 Map of Forest

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Forest
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

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Thomas Jefferson’s private retreat, Poplar Forest, anchors this landscape during a period of transition between the traditional rural Piedmont and growing suburban footprints. The mid-1960s terrain is marked by a dense network of country congregations and cemeteries, such as Terrace View Ch and the Callaway-Steptoe Cem, reflecting deep-rooted family ties in the Bedford Co and Campbell Co borderlands.

Modernity appears through specialized landmarks like the New London Drag Strip and Airport and the Rodeo Arena, while the Norfolk and Western and Southern railroads continue to define the corridor between Forest and Bellevue. Education and recreation are centered around the New London Academy and the waters of Timber Lake, showing a community balancing its tobacco-growing heritage with new infrastructure.