1968 Map of Cana

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The Virginia-North Carolina state line bisects this landscape, separating Carroll County and Surry County as the Piedmont begins its ascent toward the Blue Ridge. The Blue Ridge Parkway skirts the western edge of the quadrangle, passing beneath Sugarloaf and Wheeler Knob. This 1968 survey, later updated with mid-1980s aerial revisions, documents a rural mountain community defined by a dense network of country churches and schools. Local life is anchored by settlements like Cana and Toast, while institutions such as the North Surry High School and St Pauls High School serve the growing population near the state border. Numerous family-named landmarks and small congregations, including Flowers Gap Church and Midway Church, are scattered along the drainage basins of Pauls Creek and Stewarts Creek, illustrating a well-established pattern of high-country settlement.