1943 Map of Yorktown

About this map

Yorktown and the surrounding Tidewater region appear here in a compilation reflecting the military geography of the early 1940s. The landscape is defined by the massive confluence of the James River and the Warwick River, where maritime activity is noted by a steamboat route and several light houses including White Shoal LH. This sheet provides a detailed view of a peninsula steeped in colonial and Civil War history, showing the National Cem and Old Fort Yorktown alongside defensive positions like Old Fort McPherson and Old Earthworks. The inland areas are dotted with small post offices and rural crossroads such as Denbigh PO and Bacons Castle, while the Chesapeake and Ohio RR cuts through the northern timberlands near the Oriana Lumber Co. Significant ruins at Fort Crawford and Fort Boykin underscore the strategic importance of this riverfront throughout various eras of American conflict.