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1947 Map of Barnardsville

Name: 1947 Topographic Map of Barnardsville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1947
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1947

About this map

The community of Barnardsville serves as the focal point for this 1940s survey, situated where Dillingham Creek and Ivy Creek meet. This mountain landscape is defined by its deep coves and ridge-top boundaries, including the intersection of Madison and Buncombe counties. The area shows a high density of small family cemeteries and rural congregations, such as Antioch Ch and the Big Ivy Cem Barnardsville Ch, which reflect the localized settlement patterns of the Blue Ridge foothills.

Industrial and recreational footprints are visible through the FFA Camp and the vast timberlands of the Pisgah National Forest. The map traces the winding paths of Highway 197 and local routes into narrow valleys like Spice Cove and Maney Cove. From Wildcat Mtn to Broomstraw Mountain, the terrain is marked by family-named gaps and knobs, providing a detailed record of the families who inhabited these hollows before postwar development altered the mountain economy.