2019 Map of Moneta SW

About this map

Booker T Washington National Monument anchors the northwestern corner of this landscape where the Piedmont meets the vast waters of Smith Mountain Lake. This 2019 survey documents a region defined by its complex shoreline, where dozens of fingers and coves create a residential and recreational network around North Shore, Union Hall, and Westlake Corner. For family historians and genealogists, the map is remarkably dense with family-named burial sites, including the Poindexter-Saunders Cem, Holland-Mitchell Cem, and the Board-Robertson Cem. The terrain is deeply dissected by drainages like Gills Cr and Bettys Cr, illustrating how modern development follows the ridgelines above the flooded valleys of the Roanoke River basin. Older church locations such as Old Bethel Cem and many private family cemeteries remain as physical landmarks amid the expanding communities of Scruggs and Crossroads.