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2021 Map of Chapel Hill

Name: 2021 Topographic Map of Chapel Hill
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2021
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2021

About this map

The tri-county junction of Lafayette, Jackson, and Johnson counties anchors this landscape of rolling ridges and headwater streams. The settlement of Chapel Hill sits atop a high divide, historically significant as a waypoint near the source of the N Fork Blackwater River and the Sni-A-Bar Cr drainage. This drainage divide creates a distinct pattern of winding country roads like Colbern Rd and State Hwy TT that follow the topography to avoid the many branching tributaries.

Local history is preserved in several rural burial grounds, including the Shore Cem and Chapel Hill Cem, which are scattered among family-named landmarks like Haynes Hill. To the north, the margins of Oak Grove and Bates City show the transition toward larger population centers, while the southern reaches remain primarily defined by small farmsteads and water features such as Wilkinson Lake and Lake Paradise.