1952 Map of Reams

About this map

Rowanty Creek and its many tributaries, including Hatcher Run, Gravelly Run, and Arthur Swamp, define the low-lying landscape of this Virginia countryside in the early 1950s. The Atlantic Coast Line railroad serves as the primary industrial artery, passing through the settlements of Reams and Carson, the latter of which features a concentrated development of homes, a High School, and an Athletic Field. Local rural life is evidenced by the distribution of numerous country churches and small schoolhouses such as Rowanta Church and Watts School. A notable landmark, the Confederate Camp, stands as a reminder of the region's mid-19th-century military movements near the Dinwiddie and Prince George county line. The map captures a transition period for these communities before the expansion of modern highways, showing a dense network of secondary roads connecting scattered farmsteads and swampy woodlands like Brick Kill Swamp.