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2022 Map of Scotland Neck

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Scotland Neck
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

Scotland Neck serves as the primary hub of this eastern North Carolina landscape, where the town street grid meets a web of rural roads serving outlying communities. The northeastern boundary is defined by the winding course of the Roanoke River, which separates Halifax Co from Northampton Co. This area is characterized by low-lying drainages like Kehukee Swamp and Looking Glass Run, interspersed with small settlements such as Spring Hill, Tillery, and Hills Crossroads.

Genealogists will find a significant concentration of family and community burial sites, including the large Scotland Neck Cem and the combined Marys Chapel Baptist Church Cem. Other smaller sites like Shield Cem, Mount Gilbert Cem, and Madry Cem are tucked away along local routes. The presence of the Scotland Neck East Airport near the river indicates the region's continued integration of modern infrastructure into its long-standing agricultural and river-oriented layout.