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1946 Map of Barnardsville

Name: 1946 Topographic Map of Barnardsville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

Barnardsville and the surrounding mountain settlements are detailed during a period of established highland farming and community growth in the late 1940s. The landscape is defined by the headwaters of the Ivy River and its numerous tributaries, including Paint Fork and Dillingham Creek, which carve deep valleys between ridges like Chestnut Mountain and Ledford Mountain. The map reveals a high density of family burial grounds and country churches, such as Marshbanks Cem, Big Ivy Cem, and Antioch Ch, serving as a vital record for genealogists.

Industry and local activity are represented by the FFA Camp and the Indian Creek Sch, while the boundaries of the Pisgah National Forest dominate the eastern portion of the sheet. The settlement pattern follows the narrow creek bottoms, where clusters of homes and small schools like those at England and Waverly supported the rural population before modern highway expansion altered these mountain corridors.