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1968 Map of South Hill

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of South Hill
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

The town of South Hill serves as the focal point of this Mecklenburg County landscape, situated at the intersection of significant transit corridors during the late 1960s. The Norfolk And Danville railroad cuts a diagonal line across the terrain, passing landmarks like the South Hill Airfield and the Drive-in Theater. Beyond the town center, the map reveals a rural economy organized around crossroads and country parishes, with scattered settlements such as Union Level and Lombardy Grove providing local structure.

Waterways like Miles Creek and its tributary Little Miles Creek drain the area, occasionally pooling into features like Gordon Lake. For genealogists, the map is particularly rich with community anchors, including numerous small churches such as Lamberts Chapel, Ephesus Ch, and St Pauls Ch. Educational history is represented by facilities ranging from the older Buckhorn Sch to the larger Park View High Sch, illustrating the shifting patterns of regional development in Southern Virginia.