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1953 Map of Greensboro

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Greensboro
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

About this map

Greensboro and Danville anchor this regional overview of the North Carolina and Virginia borderlands as the landscape transitioned into the 1980s. The map captures a moment of significant hydrologic change, centering on the vast John H Kerr Reservoir and the developing waters of Lake Gaston. These man-made features altered the flow of the Roanoke River and Dan River, submerging earlier valley geographies.

A robust transit network of the Southern Railway and the Seaboard Air Line Railroad connects tobacco and textile hubs like Burlington and Reidsville with rural Virginia outposts. Preservation is noted through sites like Guilford Courthouse National Military Park and several state parks, while the footprint of the Camp Butner Military Reservation remains a prominent feature of the Piedmont landscape.