2019 Map of Leggetts Crossroads

About this map

The borderlands of Martin and Beaufort counties are defined here by a dense network of black-water drainage systems, where Tranters Cr and Grindle Creek weave through a landscape of named pocosons and wetlands. The settlement at Leggetts Crossroads and the village of Stokes anchor the area's rural road network, which follows the higher ground between expansive lowlands like Bear Grass Swamp and Horsepen Swamp. This 2019 survey documents a region still heavily influenced by its hydrology, where local history is etched into the landscape at Sheppard Millpond and along numerous creeks like Great Br Meadow Br. The layout of local thoroughfares, including Sheppard Mill Rd and State Rd 1414, reveals how modern transit continues to navigate around the extensive natural basins of Turkey Swamp and Briery Swamp, preserving the traditional agrarian and wilderness character of the North Carolina coastal plain.