
New Bethel Baptist Church and its accompanying New Bethel Baptist Church Cem anchor the northern landscape of this Virginia Peninsula survey, where suburban expansion meets legacy landmarks. The tidal reaches of Brick Kiln Creek and Newmarket Cr wind through established communities such as Tabb, Harpersville, and Poquoson. The map documents a dense educational and military corridor, featuring the sprawling Langley Air Force Base alongside campuses for Christopher Newport University and the Thomas Nelson Community College Hampton Campus. Genealogists will find significant value in the distribution of burial grounds, from the large Peninsula Memorial Park to more localized sites like Ebenezer Cem and Carys Cem. In the south, the industrial and residential grid of Newport News and Hampton meets the James River at Huntington and Wythe, showing the modern footprint of these foundational Virginia cities.
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1907 · Norfolk
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1907 · Yorktown
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1907 · Hampton
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1919 · Smithfield
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1921 · Newport News
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1943 · Yorktown
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1943 · Richmond
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1944 · Hampton
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1944 · Yorktown
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1944 · Messick
USGS Topo · 1:24,000