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1944 Map of Stafford

Name: 1944 Topographic Map of Stafford
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1944
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

Stafford serves as a central hub in this 1944 Army Corps of Engineers survey, situated at the intersection of the Jefferson Davis Highway and local routes leading to rural clusters like Sheltons Shop and Moores Corner. The landscape is defined by the drainage of Aquia Creek and Accokeek Creek, with the northern reaches of the quadrangle dominated by the U S Marine Corps Reservation. This era of the Virginia countryside is marked by numerous small community centers, often anchored by local houses of worship such as Aquia Ch, Toluca Ch, and Old Andrew Ch.

Transport and education infrastructure reflect the mid-century development of the county, featuring the Stafford Training Sch and the busy corridor of the Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad near Brooke. This survey captures the transition from a predominantly agrarian community of crossroads settlements like Garrisonville and Ramoth toward the more established infrastructure that followed the Second World War.