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2019 Map of Rocky Mount

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Rocky Mount
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Rocky Mount straddles the Nash Co and Edgecombe Co line, where the Tar River and its accompanying Little Falls define the early urban industrial core. This 2019 survey documents the extensive residential and commercial expansion of the region, including outlying communities like Little Easonburg and the academic footprint of Nash Community Coll to the west. The landscape transitions from the dense street grids of South Rocky Mount to the lower-lying riparian systems of Cokey Swamp and Little Cokey Swamp in the south.

Local history and genealogy are well-represented through the presence of major burial grounds such as Pineview Cem and Northeastern Cem. The area's evolution from a river-crossing rail hub is evidenced by established neighborhood names like Halifax Crossing and Joyners Crossing, while the southern reaches near Sharpsburg maintain a more rural character defined by drainage basins and small creek tributaries.