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2011 Map of Tenth Legion

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Tenth Legion
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Tenth Legion and the surrounding Shenandoah Valley landscape appear here as a patchwork of agricultural lands and historical industrial sites. The eastern portion of the sheet is dominated by the ridges of the Massanutten Mountain range, where Catherine Furnace stands as a landmark of the region's iron-making past near the banks of Cub Run. The map reveals a transition from the elevated peaks of Bird Knob and Big Mountain down to the fertile bottoms of the South Fork Shenandoah River in the southeast corner.

Settlement patterns follow the valley floor, with small communities like Mauzy, Lincoln Hill, and Arkton connected by a network of local roads such as Arkton Rd and Mauzy Athlone Rd. Genealogists may find interest in the location of Rinaca Cemetery or the site of Camp Fair Haven. The drainage of Smith Creek and its many tributaries, including War Branch, illustrates the water-rich geography that supported these early settlements and their local economies.