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2022 Map of Parksley

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Parksley
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

The town of Parksley serves as a central hub on Virginia's Eastern Shore, surrounded by a landscape of tidal marshes and historic farming settlements. This coastal area is defined by its complex shoreline along the Chesapeake Bay, where features like Beasley Bay and The Thorofare weave between a network of islands including Marks Island and the Bernard Islands. The map reveals a high concentration of local history markers, particularly several family and community burial grounds such as the Abrams Family Cem and Liberty Cem, which sit alongside established congregations like the Guilford Methodist Church Cem.

Infrastructure is closely tied to the land's hydrology, with roads like Guards Shore Rd and Parkers Landing Rd reaching out toward the water’s edge. Inland, the distribution of small communities like Hopeton, Justisville, and Lee Mont reflects the traditional residential patterns of Accomack County. Waterways such as Guilford Creek and Cattail Cr slice through the low-lying terrain, illustrating the constant interplay between the peninsula's agricultural interior and its maritime fringe.