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1963 Map of Garden City

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Garden City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1969
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1969

About this map

The city of Roanoke and its southern suburbs transition into the high peaks of the Blue Ridge in this mid-century topographic record. The industrial and residential expansion of the early 1960s is evident in the developed street grids of Garden City and the institutional landscape of the Roanoke Technical Institute. As the terrain rises toward Mill Mountain and Roanoke Mountain, the urban footprint yields to the sweeping curves of the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Family history is deeply embedded in the rural pockets of Roanoke and Franklin Counties, where numerous small family plots such as Martin Cemetery and Abshire Cemetery dot the valleys of Back Creek and North Fork. The infrastructure of the Norfolk and Western railway corridor supports rural stations like Starkey and Clearbrook, while landmarks such as Boones Chapel and Slate Hill Church serve as established community anchors amidst the ridges of Buck Mountain and Chestnut Ridge.