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1965 Map of Mulberry Island

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Mulberry Island
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Mulberry Island and the expansive Fort Eustis Military Reservation dominate the western portion of this mid-1960s study, where the Warwick River separates military lands from the suburbanizing tracts of Newport News. The eastern shore of the James River shows a landscape in transition, where old landings and landmarks like the Mammoth Oak sit alongside growing developments such as Hidenwood, Beverly Hills, and Riverside. Inland, the path of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad corridor anchors established community nodes like Denbigh and Oyster Point.

Evidence of the region's civic and social infrastructure is abundant, from the Prison Farm near Menchville to recreational hubs like the James River Country Club and Warwick Yacht Club. Genealogists may find interest in the documented locations of Tabernacle Ch, Denbigh Ch, and the Peninsula Memorial Park Cemetery, which offer fixed points of reference within the rapidly changing Peninsula landscape of the era.