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1962 Map of Gold Hill

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Gold Hill
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

High Rock Lake dominates the northern landscape of this survey, where the Yadkin River meets the rural borders of Rowan, Davidson, and Stanly Counties. The map reveals a deeply established network of community landmarks, particularly clustered around the historic settlement of Gold Hill. This area, once famous for its nineteenth-century mining activity, is shown here as a quiet crossroads where the Southern railroad line still tracks through the countryside.

Evidence of local genealogy and social history is found in the many country churches and family-named landmarks, such as St Peters Ch, Morgan Cem, and the Healing Spring near the river's edge. The terrain is defined by numerous watercourses like Second Creek and Panther Creek that feed into the lake, while historical transport routes like Beatty Ford Road and Stokes Ferry Road reflect the importance of river crossings and old trade paths in this section of the North Carolina Piedmont.