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2016 Map of Oak City

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Oak City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

Oak City serves as the primary hub of this eastern North Carolina landscape, where the agricultural plains of Martin County meet the slow-moving waters of the Atlantic Coastal Plain. The map reveals a high concentration of wetland systems, notably Etheridge Swamp in the north and the expansive Ross Swamp to the south. These features, along with winding drainages like Conoho Creek and Crisp Creek, dictate the placement of local thoroughfares and farm tracts.

South of the main settlement lies the village of Hassell, connected by a network of rural routes that often carry family and local identifiers, such as Fountain Crossroad Road and Wilson Store Road. The boundary between Martin County and Edgecombe County cuts diagonally through the southwest, following the course of Fountain Fork Creek, illustrating how natural watercourses historically defined political borders in this region.