{"product_id":"old-map-of-farmville-virginia-by-usgs-1958-hampden-sydney-longwood-appomattox-river","title":"Old Map of Farmville, Virginia by USGS, 1958 – Hampden-Sydney, Longwood \u0026 Appomattox River","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1968 from a map dated 1958, “Farmville” is a finely detailed US Geological Survey topographical portrait of central Virginia at mid-century. At a scale of 1:62,500, it presents Farmville as the clear urban focus, its developed core picked out in vivid red amid a broad countryside of greens and whites. The map captures a landscape where town, college, river, road, rail, and farmland remain closely intertwined. It is both a practical government survey and a historical document, preserving the spatial character of Farmville before later suburban growth, highway expansion, and changing land use altered the surrounding region.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe US Geological Survey, founded in the late nineteenth century, became one of the most influential mapping institutions in the United States, bringing scientific precision to the representation of landforms, waterways, transportation corridors, and settlement patterns. This map reflects the agency’s disciplined cartographic language: contours describe elevation, color distinguishes vegetation and development, and carefully lettered place names organize the landscape into a readable civic and natural geography. Such maps were essential tools for engineers, planners, educators, land managers, and travelers. In this Farmville sheet, the USGS transforms a local Virginia landscape into an authoritative visual record of terrain and human occupation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFarmville itself appears as the principal settlement, situated within the rolling Piedmont and connected to neighboring communities by a web of roads and rail lines. Longwood and Hampden-Sydney, names deeply associated with education and local identity, anchor the cultural geography of the map, while Morrisville and smaller rural places reveal a more dispersed pattern of settlement. State Route 15 and U.S. Route 460 signal the importance of highway movement through the region, linking the town to wider Virginia markets and communities. The railroads, still prominent in the mapped landscape, speak to an earlier transportation order in which freight, agriculture, and town development were closely bound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Appomattox River and its tributaries give the map much of its natural structure, threading across the sheet and shaping the valleys, crossings, and settlement patterns around Farmville. Minor streams and waterways, carefully traced, show how drainage and terrain influenced rural roads, farmsteads, and woodland edges. Briery Creek Lake adds another notable feature to the surrounding landscape, contrasting with the smaller creeks and branching waterways. The topographic character is especially important: subtle elevation changes, wooded tracts, open land, and developed areas combine to create a nuanced picture of the Virginia Piedmont, neither mountainous nor flat, but gently varied and richly inhabited.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a historical view of the late 1950s landscape, this map offers a compelling glimpse of Farmville before many of the transformations of the later twentieth century. The compact red urban footprint contrasts with the extensive green countryside, emphasizing a town still closely framed by woods, fields, streams, and rural roads. Since the survey period, economic development, road improvements, suburban expansion, and shifting agricultural patterns have changed the region’s appearance and land use. This map preserves an earlier balance between town and country, making it valuable not only as a cartographic work, but as a visual archive of place, movement, and memory in central Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCities, towns and places on this map\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFarmville, VA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHampden-Sydney\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLongwood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMorrisville\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppomattox River\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBriery Creek Lake\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eState Route 15\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eU.S. Route 460\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRailroads\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRural roads\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMinor waterways and streams\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHistorical context \u0026amp; cartographic details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduced by the US Geological Survey (USGS), a scientific agency of the U.S. government responsible for mapping, mineral research, and biological research.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical 1:62,500 topographical map of Farmville, Virginia and the surrounding area.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMap dated 1958 and published with a 1968 imprint.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe USGS played a vital role in producing accurate topographical maps for land use planning, natural resource management, and educational purposes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUses greens and whites to represent different terrains, with red highlighting urban and populated areas.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShows elevation changes, vegetation, developed areas, and varied landforms.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDepicts the Farmville area as it appeared in the late 1950s, offering insight into landscape and development patterns of the period.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReflects a more compact urban footprint surrounded by wooded and cultivated lands.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLater changes to the area include urban expansion and altered land use due to economic development.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLooking for a particular place?\u003c\/strong\u003e Review the detailed images to confirm that the town, landmark or feature you have in mind appears on the map. If you are unsure, \u003ca target=\"”_blank”\" href=\"\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eask our workshop to check before you order\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDetailed maps are especially rewarding at larger sizes, where names, boundaries and decorative features have more room to be appreciated. Use the close-up preview and size guide to choose the right scale for your wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 50in (125cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eget in touch\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe model in the listing images is holding the 16x20in (40x50cm) version of this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhere personalisation is available, you can add a short title or dedication, mark one meaningful place, or request one considered visual detail. \u003ca target=\"”_blank”\" href=\"\/pages\/map-personalisation\"\u003eSee personalised map examples\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEvery piece is printed to museum-grade archival standards using fade-resistant pigment inks on acid-free matte paper. Choose an unframed map print, framed map or canvas using the finish options above. 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