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1907 Map of Yorktown

Name: 1907 Topographic Map of Yorktown
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1944
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

The Tidewater region of Virginia is captured here during the first years of the twentieth century, focusing on the strategic and historical landscape where the James River and York River define the peninsula. The map reveals a post-Civil War landscape still heavily marked by defensive history, showing numerous Old Earthworks and fortifications such as the Fort Crawford (Ruins) on Mulberry Island and Old Fort Mc Pherson. Land use follows the water, with the Steamboat Route navigating between Hog Island and Deepwater Shoals LH.

Genealogists and local historians can trace established settlements like Yorktown and Lee Hall, as well as rural landmarks including Bacons Castle and St Johns Church. Transportation infrastructure at this date relies on the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad and a network of landings such as Shipyard Landing and Rocks Wharf (Old). The mapping highlights the early preservation efforts of the Colonial National Historical Park and the Jamestown Island Colonial Nat Hist Park, securing the sites of the state's earliest colonial foundations.