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1963 Map of Redwood

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Redwood
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

The Blackwater River and Maggodee Creek carve through this rural Franklin County landscape, meeting at the western edge of the rising Smith Mountain Lake. In the early 1960s, the area remained deeply agricultural, anchored by small settlements like Redwood and Burnt Chimney. Local life is recorded through a dense network of family landmarks, including the Jefferson Cem, Dillon Cem, and Poindexter Cem, alongside community hubs like the Redwood Sch and Chestnut Grove Ch.

Industrial and transportation history is visible in the route of the Norfolk And Western Rr as it passes near Rocky Mount, while an Old Railroad Grade suggests an earlier era of transit. The map documents a moment of transition as the basin began to fill following the damming of the river, with the note that the lake is subject to controlled inundation to 800 feet. From the Drive-in Theater in the southwest to Taylors Store in the north, the map preserves the mid-century footprint of this Piedmont community.