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1968 Map of Gainesville

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Gainesville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1970
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1970

About this map

Manassas National Battlefield Park preserves a dense concentration of Civil War history in this late 1960s survey, marking landmarks like the Stone House, Henry House, and Stone Bridge along Bull Run. The landscape is a transition between preserved commemorative space and modernizing infrastructure, where the Southern railroad line intersects with the growing community of Gainesville. Beyond the battlefield, the map documents local institutions such as the Linton Hall Military School and the Tyler School.

Genealogists and historians can trace family-named terrain like Matthews Hill and Stuarts Hill, alongside local burial sites including the Groveton Confederate Cemetery and several unnamed cemeteries. The drainage patterns of Catharpin Creek and Broad Run define the rural stretches between Catharpin and Sudley Springs, where old quarries and country clubs stand near the converging boundaries of Prince William, Loudoun, and Fairfax Counties.