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2010 Map of Richwood

Name: 2010 Topographic Map of Richwood
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2010
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

Richwood serves as the central hub of this northern Union County landscape, situated where the Richwood Post Office and Richwood Lake anchor the local community. The surrounding countryside is defined by an orderly grid of family-named roads and a drainage system comprised of Fulton Creek, Rush Creek, and Peacock Run. This pattern of rural land division is deeply connected to the area's history, as seen in the Greenville Treaty Line Rd, which marks a significant historical boundary running north-to-south through the terrain.

Genealogists will find several distinct burial grounds scattered across the townships, including Stony Point Cemetery near Claiborne and the Hamilton Cemetery further north. Smaller hamlets like Essex and Woodland dot the periphery, while the network of creeks like Elliot Run and Big Swale Creek illustrates the natural hydrology that influenced the placement of these early agricultural settlements.