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1970 Map of Bear Creek

Name: 1970 Topographic Map of Bear Creek
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

Bear Creek serves as a central hub for this rural landscape in central North Carolina, situated along the Southern railway line. The map captures a transitional rural economy where active industry like the Quarry south of the Chatham Co Moore Co line exists alongside an extensive network of country churches such as Antioch Ch and Tysons Creek Ch.

Settlement patterns follow the winding paths of Sandy Creek and Little Indian Creek, with small communities like Harpers Crossroads and Johnsons Crossing marking important local junctions. Of particular interest to local historians is the Old Railroad Grade traversing the western section, preserving the memory of earlier transportation corridors that once bypassed Pine Mountain to move timber or stone through these wooded hills.