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1940 Map of Burnsville

Name: 1940 Topographic Map of Burnsville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1940
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1940

About this map

Burnsville serves as the central hub of this Yancey County landscape, surveyed just before the 1940s. The town's layout and surrounding valley roads reveal a community deeply connected by the Cane River, which winds through the mountain passes alongside smaller settlements like Riverside and Windom. The map captures a transition in local infrastructure, showing the State Prison Camp near the river and the Mt Mitchell Boys Camp tucked along Creek.

Family names and early rural institutions are meticulously recorded, from the Day Book post office to a network of local education and faith, including Clearmont Sch and Bowring Chapel. The terrain is defined by prominent peaks like Phillips Knob and Rocky Knob, illustrating the difficult geography that shaped the area's development. For genealogists, the numerous burial sites such as Edney Cem and Young Cem provide specific points of interest for tracing family roots in this part of Western North Carolina.