1968 Map of Townsend

About this map

Cape Charles serves as the southern anchor of the Delmarva Peninsula in this late 1960s survey, updated with purple revisions into the early 1980s. The landscape is defined by the strategic Cold War presence of the U.S. Naval Communications Sta and the Cape Charles Air Force Sta, positioned to overlook the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. This era captures the transition of the southern tip from its agricultural roots toward maritime defense and transit, evidenced by the Toll Road leading toward the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel and the rail infrastructure at Latimer Siding.