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1964 Map of Martinsville East

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Martinsville East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

The Smith River corridor southeast of Martinsville anchors this mid-century portrait of Henry County. The landscape shows a region in transition, balancing the industrial presence of the Norfolk and Western and Southern railroads with growing residential developments like Chatmoss and Old Liberty. Significant institutional landmarks are present, including the University of Virginia (Patrick Henry Branch) and the Martinsville Speedway near the southern boundary.

Rural character remains prominent to the east along the West Fork Leatherwood Creek, where numerous local landmarks like Leatherwood Ch and Gatlin Ch serve the surrounding communities. Water management is a defining feature of the terrain, visible through a series of reservoirs including Martinsville Reservoir and Reservoir No 2 that punctuate the north. For those tracing local heritage, the map preserves the exact locations of smaller settlements such as Dyers Store and Carlisle before late-twentieth-century expansion.