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1943 Map of Roxboro

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Roxboro
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1956
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1956

About this map

Roxboro serves as the primary hub of this 1943 survey, showing a landscape defined by small agrarian settlements and an extensive network of country schools and churches. The industrial presence of Longhurst and the transit corridor of the Norfolk and Western railroad indicate the economic drivers of the era, while the southeastern corner of the map is dominated by the Camp Butner Military Reservation, reflecting the region's wartime mobilization.

Family-named landmarks such as Gentry Store and Dixon Store appear alongside numerous rural educational sites, including Cedar Grove School No 2 and Lea-Jeffers Sch. The terrain is deeply carved by the headwaters of the Tar River and the Flat River, with Hagers Mountain rising as a prominent landmark in the northwest. This record is particularly valuable for tracing the placement of small rural institutions like Vermont Hill Ch and Sharon Sch before mid-century consolidation.