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1968 Map of Supply

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Supply
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

The Camp A P Hill Military Reservation occupies a massive portion of this landscape along the border of Caroline and Essex counties in the late 1960s. The map reveals a transition from these military lands to the farming communities and crossroad settlements to the east and south. Traditional gathering points like Ebenezer Ch and Enon Ch sit near the small village of Supply, while family names define numerous intersections such as Martins Corner, Goldmans Corner, and Daniel Corner.

Water plays a central role in the geography, with the branching systems of Portobago Creek and Beverly Run feeding the area's complex topography. The presence of White Lake and the marshy expanses of Mason Swamp highlight the low-lying nature of the Virginia coastal plain. Researchers will find a rural network of unimproved roads connecting older locales like Portobago and Passing, many of which remain significant for genealogical study in this part of Tidewater Virginia.