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1966 Map of Spotsylvania

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Spotsylvania
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

The Fredericksburg-Spotsylvania National Military Park dominates the northwestern portion of this 1966 survey, preserving the physical history of the Civil War. Numerous labels for a Battle Trench, Trench, and Ruins are interspersed among modern roads like Brock Road and Gordon Road. The map provides a detailed view of the Spotsylvania courthouse area, including the Confederate Cemetery and Robert E Lee School.

South of the village, the landscape is defined by the three forks of the Mattaponi — the Ni River, Po River, and Ta River. These watercourses supported early local industry and infrastructure, as evidenced by Smiths Mill, Stanards Mill, and crossings such as Snells Bridge and Andrews Bridge. The eastern corridor shows development concentrated near Thornburg and Massaponax, where older crossroads settlements began to meet 20th-century transportation needs.