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2011 Map of Windsor

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Windsor
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Windsor serves as a central hub on this Atlantic coastal plain landscape, where the town's development radiates along Virginia Ave and Old Suffolk Rd. The region is defined by an intricate network of managed water bodies and historic milling sites, including Murphys Millpond and Branch and Joyner Millpond. These water systems, alongside Lake Prince and Lake Cohoon, illustrate the area's transformation into a significant reservoir and drainage complex for southeastern Virginia.

Genealogists can find substantial value in the numerous family and community burial grounds documented here, such as Tyler Cemetery, Shiloh Cemetery, and the Town of Windsor Cemetery. Smaller settlements and locales like Indika, Myrtle, and Kings Fork are preserved in their early 21st-century context, while aviation history is represented by Garner Airport north of the main swamp systems. The map captures a moment of transition where traditional agrarian landmarks meet modern residential growth in areas like Acorn Acres.