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1931 Map of University

Name: 1931 Topographic Map of University
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1931
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1931

About this map

University of Virginia anchors the southeastern corner of this landscape, just as the early 20th-century transportation network began to reshape the Piedmont and Blue Ridge foothills. The Chesapeake And Ohio railroad and the Chesapeake And Ohio Highway No 39 provide a primary corridor through Crozet and Hillsboro (Yancey Mills PO), while the western ridges are traced by the Appalachian Trail.

A network of local schools and churches, such as the Miller School and Broad Axe Sch, suggests a series of established rural communities like Whitehall and Nortonsville. The terrain is defined by the headwaters of the North Fork Rivanna River and South Fork Rivanna River, which drain the eastern slopes of mountains like Bucks Elbow Mountain and Big Flat Mtn. This survey captures the region when small post offices still served as local hubs and the County Farm remained a prominent local institution.