1914 Map of Kinston

About this map

Kinston sits at the southern edge of this landscape, its grid organized against the Neuse River while a dense network of schools and churches radiates across the coastal plain. Surveyed in 1914, the map reveals a rural economy shaped by waterways like Contentnea Creek and the marshy expanses of Beargarden Pocoson. The settlement at Snow Hill anchors the northern reaches, connected to the surrounding countryside by the East Carolina and Norfolk Southern railroads.