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1948 Map of Charlotte East

Name: 1948 Topographic Map of Charlotte East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

Charlotte is shown in a moment of significant expansion, where a dense urban core begins to give way to leafy residential suburbs. The map captures the city's social and educational landscape in 1948, marking prominent institutions like Johnson Smith University, Queens College, and the Thompson Orphanage. The downtown area is highly detailed, featuring City Hall Court House, the Post Office, and specialized schools such as Second Ward High Sch and Isabelle Wynche Sch.

A robust railroad network, including the Southern, Seaboard Air Line, and Norfolk Southern, anchors the city's industrial geography. Beyond the city limits, the terrain transitions into a patchwork of rural landscape and early housing developments like Myers Park, Eastover, and Midwood. To the south, scattered landmarks like Sharon Ch and Sardis Ch mark the rural reaches before the suburban boom fully transformed the McAlpine Creek and McMullen Creek watersheds.