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2010 Map of Roseboro

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

USGS Topo · Published 2010

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Roseboro sits at the eastern edge of this landscape, serving as a concentrated hub of commerce and community in Sampson County. The town is anchored by the Roseboro Post Office and bordered by Hollywood Cemetery, showing a settled pattern that contrasts with the expansive wetlands to the west. The terrain is defined by a dense network of water systems, including the South River and its numerous tributaries such as Mulatto Branch and Beaver Dam Creek.

Interspersed among the swampy lowlands like Big Pond Swamp and the Piney Pocosin are small, historic pockets of settlement like Hayne. The road network, featuring names like Beaver Dam Church Rd and Old Salemburg Rd, suggests a long history of rural connectivity between family farms and local parishes. This geography illustrates a community shaped by the challenges and resources of the coastal plain wetlands, where life is organized around the high ground between the Big Swamp and the Little Coharie Creek.