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1981 Map of Greenville NE

Name: 1981 Topographic Map of Greenville NE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

About this map

Stokes and Whichard anchor the northeastern landscape of Pitt County in this early 1980s portrait of rural North Carolina. The area is defined by a dense network of country churches, including Post Oak Grove Ch, St Johns Ch, and Sweet Gum Grove Ch, which serve as long-standing community centers amid the agricultural fields. The Seaboard Coast Line railroad cuts diagonally across the terrain, passing through Staton and connecting the rural northern tracts to the northern outskirts of Greenville.

The lowland geography is shaped by the winding paths of Grindle Creek, Briery Swamp, and Baldwin Swamp, which delineate the limits of cultivation. Local infrastructure of the era is evident at the County Fairground and a Drive-in Theater near the city limits, while several family-named landmarks and scattered Graves provide valuable data for genealogical research. This survey documents the transition from tobacco and farm country to the encroaching industrial and suburban growth seen near the Industrial Waste Disposal and growing Trailer Park settlements.