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2016 Map of Waverly

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Waverly
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

The town of Waverly serves as the central hub of this Sussex County landscape, where the street grid transitions into a vast network of wooded wetlands and agricultural tracts. The area is defined by the winding course of the Blackwater River, which is fed by numerous drainages including the massive Otterdam Swamp and Chinquapin Swamp. Near the river, the crossing at Blunts Bridge provides a key point of transit through the low-lying terrain. To the north, the smaller settlement of Carsley sits among family-named routes and timbered reaches.

Local history and genealogy interests are centered around the Waverly Cem on the northwest edge of town. Water features like Avery Millpond, Averys Pond, and Spring Hill Pond illustrate the importance of surface water to the local economy and land use. The map reveals a deeply hydrologic landscape, where Coppahaunk Swamp and Johnchecohunk Swamp fill the spaces between established roads like Petersburg Rd and Harrell Mill Rd.