2010 Map of Tobacco Row Mountain

About this map

Tobacco Row Mountain dominates this Amherst County landscape, rising between the waters of the James River to the south and the high gaps of the Blue Ridge foothills to the north. The settlement of Elon sits as a central crossroads, surrounded by family-named landmarks and infrastructure such as the General Alberts Dam and General Alberts Other Dam on Graham Creek. The map reveals a deeply rooted rural community, evidenced by numerous burial sites like Fletcher Cemetery, Hudson Cemetery, and Saint Pauls Cemetery scattered among the peaks of Buffalo Spur and Potato Hill. Small hamlets like Agricola and Pleasant View are connected by a network of named routes including Wagon Trail Rd and Ambrose Rucker Rd, tracing the natural gaps like Pedlar Gap and Crawford Gap that have dictated travel through these mountains for generations.