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1953 Map of Gressitt

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

USGS Topo · Published 1953

About this map

The York River dominates this mid-century survey, defining the boundaries where King and Queen, Gloucester, James City, and York counties meet. This Tidewater landscape is characterized by a dense network of landings and small landings along the river and the Poropotank River, such as Sycamore Landing, Miller Landing, and Moodys Old Wharf. These sites indicate the enduring importance of water-based transport and commerce in a region where the marshy fingers of Woods Mill Swamp and Guthrie Creek cut deep into the upland soils.

Upland settlements like Gressitt, Adner, and Plain View follow the ridgelines, connected by a network of rural roads such as Gressitt Road. To the south, the presence of the Camp Peary Naval Training Station signals the military's significant footprint on the peninsula during the early Cold War era. For genealogists, the map preserves specific local identities like Christensons Corner and Allmondsville before later 20th-century development reshaped these colonial-rooted communities.