1977 Map of Gasburg

About this map

Lake Gaston dominates the southern portion of this landscape, its fingers reaching northward into a mosaic of woodland and agricultural clearings along the Virginia-North Carolina border. In the late 1970s, the rural character of Brunswick County is captured through detailed aerial imagery, showing the wooded creek valleys and early residential developments along the reservoir's shoreline. The settlements of Gasburg and Ebony serve as the primary local hubs, connected by winding roads that traverse the drainage basins of Lizard Creek and Songbird Creek. This orthophotoquad provides an unfiltered view of the land use patterns surrounding the Roanoke River valley before more modern suburban growth altered the timber and farming parcels of the region.