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1981 Map of Frog Pond

Name: 1981 Topographic Map of Frog Pond
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

About this map

Frog Pond and Red Cross anchor this rural landscape in western Stanly County, where a network of family-named settlements and country parishes defines the community structure. The terrain is deeply etched by the winding courses of Big Bear Creek and Little Bear Creek, which converge amidst a high concentration of institutional landmarks including West Stanly High Sch and Ridgecrest Sch.

Genealogists will find significant value in the distribution of local churches and burials, such as St Martin and the Ridgecrest Cem. Small crossroads like Lambert, Bloomington, and Endy illustrate the persistent pattern of Piedmont settlement before modern suburbanization. Distinctive features like the Industrial Waste Ponds and the Gaging Sta on Big Bear Creek point to the area's evolving environmental and technical infrastructure during the late 1970s.