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1964 Map of Spring Garden

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Spring Garden
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1985
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1985

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White Oak Mountain dominates the central landscape of this rural Pittsylvania County survey, dividing the drainage of the Banister River from the smaller southern creeks. Agriculture and research are central to the area's identity, evidenced by the Virginia Polytechnic Institute Tobacco Research Station near Cherrystone Creek. Small clusters of community life appear throughout the hills, including the settlement of Shockoe with its Shockoe Sch and the industrial infrastructure of Transco Village with its Pumping Sta and Radio Tower.

Tracing the waterways reveals local historical landmarks like Motleys Mill and numerous small country churches such as Smithfield Ch and Fairview Chapel. The landscape is also marked by modern utility corridors, with several pipelines and telephone lines cutting across the terrain near Cedar Hill and Sheva. The detailed topography from the early 1960s, updated in the 1980s, captures the transition between traditional tobacco farming and postwar infrastructure.