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1940 Map of Wade Point

Name: 1940 Topographic Map of Wade Point
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

The Pasquotank River and the Little River converge toward the wide expanse of the Albemarle Sound in this tidewater survey compiled from 1940 aerial photography. The peninsula between these major waterways is defined by a dendritic network of coastal inlets, including New Begun Creek, Big Flatty Creek, and Symonds Creek. Inland, the landscape transition from the marshy fingers of the sound to an established agricultural and military presence is evident.

A significant Air Base sits near Toxey, while small settlements like Weeksville, Winslow, and Salem anchor the interior road network. The map reveals the social and economic character of the era through features like the Frog Island Fishing Club on the sound and isolated points such as Wade Point and Durants Neck. For genealogists, the road-level detail connecting Listers Corner to the surrounding farms provides a precise look at these North Carolina coastal communities before later twentieth-century development.