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2019 Map of Surry

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Surry
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Colonial National Historical Park anchors the northeastern portion of this survey, protecting the historic landscape of Jamestown Island and its surrounding tidal marshes. The terrain is defined by the broad expanse of the James River, which separates the more densely developed neighborhoods of First Colony and Lakewood in James City County from the rural reaches of Surry County. On the southern shore, the settlement of Scotland serves as a transit point near Scotland Neck, while the county seat of Surry sits further inland, centered around the Surry County Courthouse.

The landscape is deeply etched by tidal guts and creeks, including Grays Creek and Crouch Creek, which create numerous finger-like peninsulas such as Timber Neck and Swanns Point. Genealogists and local historians will find several burial grounds noted, including the Swanns Point Plantation Cem and Oakwood Cem. Small inland communities like Alliance and Mount Pleasant are connected by a network of local roads that weave through low-lying areas like Dark Swamp and Broad Swamp.