1961 Map of Natural Bridge

About this map

Short Hills dominates the central landscape of this early 1960s survey, a prominent ridge that separates the drainage of Buffalo Creek to the north from Cedar Creek and Spring Gap Creek to the south. The area is characterized by scattered rural settlements and agricultural clusters, most notably the community of Natural Bridge and the nearby Red Mills. The cartography documents a moment of infrastructure growth, showing a section of the Valley Road corridor marked as Under Construction, signaling the modernization of transportation through the Great Valley of Virginia.