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1943 Map of Hanover Academy

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Hanover Academy
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1961
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1961

About this map

South Anna River and its meandering tributaries, including the Newfound River and Little River, dominate this rural Hanover County landscape as it appeared in the early 1940s. The settlement pattern is defined by small, dispersed communities like Negro Foot, Oliver, and Gilman, linked by a network of winding roads and several notable river crossings such as Ground Squirrel Bridge and Horseshoe Bridge.

Genealogists and local historians can locate established rural institutions like Hanover Academy and Mt Olivet Ch, along with Independence Ch further to the southeast. The terrain is notably wooded, with the Lookout Tower providing a strategic vantage point over the dense forest cover. This map, produced from 1942 aerial photography and 1943 ground surveys, preserves the footprint of a Virginia farming and timber landscape just before the post-war expansion changed the character of the region.