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2016 Map of Jackson

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Jackson
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

Jackson serves as a central hub in this section of Northampton County, where the street grid around W Jefferson St and E Jefferson St meets the rural road network. The landscape is defined by an extensive system of wetlands and slow-moving water, notably the Wiccacane Swamp and Gumberry Swamp. These drainage patterns influenced the early development of the region, visible in the placement of the Seaboard settlement along the northern rail corridor near Phillips Cem.

Smaller community centers like Gumberry and Pleasant Grove are linked by a web of local routes such as Jackson Bypass Rd and Gumberry Rd. Historical water management and early industry are evidenced by the presence of Boones Millpond and Taylors Millpond, which sit at the edges of the larger swamp systems. This area preserves a traditional coastal plain settlement pattern where agriculture and timber landscapes are interspersed with small, named crossroads.