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1974 Map of Princeton

Name: 1974 Topographic Map of Princeton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

Princeton serves as the primary hub in this eastern North Carolina landscape, where the Southern railroad line cuts a straight path through the lowlands of Johnston Co and Wayne Co. The terrain is defined by an intricate network of wetlands and watercourses, including Quaker Swamp, Bawdy Swamp, and Raccoon Swamp, which feed into Moccasin Creek and the meandering Neuse River to the south. This 1974 survey captures a rural social geography centered on small community landmarks and family-named points of interest.

Genealogists can trace a dense concentration of local institutions, from Bakers Chapel and Stevens Chapel in the west to St Pauls Ch and Oakland Ch near the crossroads of Raynor Town. The map details many unnamed cemeteries alongside the identified Thompson Cem, providing a window into the ancestral burial grounds of the region. Distinctive sites like Holts Pond, the Quarry near the Little River, and Bizzell Grove Memorial Gardens reflect the agricultural and communal life of the mid-1970s.