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1981 Map of Speed

Name: 1981 Topographic Map of Speed
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1992
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1992

About this map

The Tar River lowlands of Edgecombe Co and Martin Co are defined by a complex network of wetlands and drainage canals in this late twentieth-century study. The small settlement of Speed serves as a central point, surrounded by agricultural tracts and timberland dissected by Deep Creek and Savage Mill Run. A distinct pattern of rural community life is visible through the numerous country churches and schools that dot the landscape, such as White Chapel, Cherry Hill Ch, and the Roberson Sch.

Hydrological engineering is prominent in the southern portion of the quadrangle, where the Ballahack Canal and Mitchell Swp Canal indicate efforts to manage the swampy terrain for local use. Smaller crossroads like Acorn Hill and Mayo provide further evidence of the area's distributed settlement pattern, while the presence of a Sandpit and Shiloh Mills points toward the localized extraction and milling industries that sustained the regional economy.