1947 Map of Chapel Hill

About this map

Chapel Hill and Carrboro serve as the central anchors of this 1947 edition, showing the university town as it expanded shortly after the war. The map documents the localized aviation hub at Horace Williams Airport and the critical water resource at University Lake. Beyond the developing town centers, the landscape is defined by family-named heights and rural communities like Blackwood, Eubanks, and Calvander. Genealogists will find significant value in the documentation of numerous country churches and cemeteries, such as Mt Sinai Ch and the Partin Cem. The presence of Iron Mine Hill and Meadow Flats hints at the varied land use and resource extraction history that preceded the mid-century suburban shift. Traces of old transportation networks remain visible through labels like Old Field Road and the Southern railroad line cutting through the terrain.