2019 Map of Wartrace

About this map

Wartrace and Bell Buckle anchor this portion of Bedford County, where the iron rails of CSX Transportation parallel the winding course of Wartrace Creek. This landscape is defined by its deep genealogical roots, evidenced by dozens of family burying grounds such as the Waite-Friendship Cem, Bates-Finch-Muse Cem, and Norvell Cem. The map reveals a transition from the structured street grids of established towns into the rural valleys of Happy Valley and Blackman Hollow, where small settlements like Kellertown and Bugscuffle sit along the drainage of Garrison Fork. The dense concentration of named cemeteries and churches like Bethsalem Cem indicates a long-settled agricultural community where land ownership and family legacy remained tied to specific hollows and ridges well into the modern era.