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1961 Map of Bryson City

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Bryson City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Bryson City serves as the focal point of this 1961 survey, situated at the confluence of the Tuckasegee River and Deep Creek. The landscape is a complex intersection of federal and tribal lands, where the Great Smoky Mountains National Park meets the Nantahala National Forest and the Cherokee Indian Reservation, including the Qualla Tract.

The settlement pattern reflects a deeply rooted community, with numerous family and church burial grounds such as Swain Memorial Cem, Deep Creek Cem, and Wiggins-Watson Cem scattered across the ridges. Local industry and recreation are evidenced by the Southern Railway corridor, a Drive-In Theater, and the Tuckasegee Dock on the eastern edge of Fontana Lake. This record captures the transition between the developed valley floor and the high ridgelines of Noland Divide and Thomas Ridge.