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1993 Map of Harmony

Name: 1993 Topographic Map of Harmony
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1995
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1995

About this map

Rocky Creek and its many tributaries, including Camel Branch and Patterson Creek, carve through the Piedmont landscape of northern Iredell County. The settlement of Harmony serves as a local hub, showing mid-1990s development such as water tanks and mobile home parks near its center. To the south, Turnersburg sits near the confluence where Rocky Creek meets the South Yadkin River, a site featuring a Gaging Station and industrial infrastructure like a Substation and Sewage Disposal plant.

The map reveals a landscape deeply rooted in rural community life, documented through a dense network of country churches and schools. Genealogists can locate several named congregations, including Mt Vernon Ch, Macedonia Ch, and Hebron Ch, alongside scattered family burial sites marked simply as Cem. The presence of North Iredell High Sch and several small, dispersed settlements like Olin and Williamsburg reflects the enduring agricultural and residential patterns of this region before the turn of the 21st century.