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2011 Map of Rowland

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Rowland
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Rowland serves as the primary hub of this North Carolina landscape, where a grid of streets meets the crossing of major thoroughfares and rail corridors. The town is flanked by significant burial sites of genealogical interest, including the centrally located Rowland Cemetery and the more distant McCormick Cemetery to the southeast. To the west, Oakland Crossroads and the Oakland United Methodist Church Cemetery mark a secondary node of settlement near the meandering course of Shoe Heel Creek.

The surrounding terrain is defined by a complex network of wetlands and drainage systems that have long influenced local land use. Water bodies such as Fullermore Swamp, Persimmon Swamp, and First Swamp weave between small communities like Alfordsville and Purvis. These features, alongside family-named landmarks like Baker Cemetery, provide a clear picture of the rural Robeson County settlement patterns and the persistence of traditional agrarian boundaries into the early twenty-first century.