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1967 Map of Gates

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Gates
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1970
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1970

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The Virginia North Carolina border bisects this landscape of lowland swamps and scattered rural communities in the mid-1960s. Small hamlets like Pittmantown, Savages Crossroads, and Reynoldson appear as hubs for the surrounding agricultural and timber lands, connected by a network of roads that wind around extensive wetlands such as Marsh Swamp and Chapel Swamp. The transition from Nansemond County, Virginia, to Gates County, North Carolina, is marked by the Seaboard Coast Line railroad, which cuts a sharp diagonal through the terrain, serving the village of Gates.

Genealogists will find a wealth of community landmarks, including numerous country churches like Olive Branch Ch, Corinth Chapel, and Holy Neck Ch, each often accompanied by local Cemeteries. Industrial activity is noted by several Sandpits concentrated near Holy Neck Pond, while the drainage of the coastal plain is traced through Somerton Creek and Beaverdam Creek. The settlement pattern reflects a deeply rooted rural economy organized around these watercourses and early rail stops.