1968 Map of Port Royal

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Port Royal and Port Conway face one another across the Rappahannock River, linked by the James Madison Memorial Bridge in this late-1960s survey. The landscape is defined by the sharp bends of the river, where features like Thorofare and Cleve Marsh show the complex hydrology of the Virginia tidewater. To the south, the terrain shifts into the controlled grounds of the Camp Hill Military Reservation, a significant land use that borders agricultural and rural residential zones marked by small crossroads like Port Royal Cross Roads and Cash Corner. Local history and genealogy are anchored by scattered landmarks such as Emmanuel Ch, Salem Ch, and the Taliaferro Landing Strip. The presence of numerous Gravel Pits and named water bodies like Gouldman Pond and Millers Pond indicates an economy tied to both resource extraction and the river's natural drainage patterns.