1965 Map of Pilot

About this map

The Montgomery Co / Floyd Co boundary divides this landscape, where the Blue Ridge highlands drop toward the headwaters of the Roanoke River. The high ridge lines of Pilot Mountain and Fishers View Mountain define the drainage patterns for numerous creeks, including Brush Creek and Elliott Creek. This 1960s survey, updated in the early 1980s, documents a rural network of small agricultural settlements like Pilot and Huffville connected by winding mountain roads. Family and community history is anchored by a significant number of small country churches and cemeteries, such as St Mathews Ch, Oak Grove Ch, and Sowders Chapel. The terrain is deeply etched with named hollows, including Texas Hollow and Possum Hollow, reflecting a long history of local place-naming by the families who settled these narrow valleys and ridges.