1969 Map of Harrisburg

About this map

The boundary between Cabarrus Co and Mecklenburg Co bisects this landscape, which in the late 1960s was transitioning from a rural piedmont setting into an institutional and recreational hub. The establishment of the Univ of North Carolina at Charlotte and the Charlotte Motor Speedway north of Rocky River mark significant shifts in land use near the Charlotte city limits. This era shows the older, established foundations of the community, such as the industrial site at Roberta Mills and the local center of Harrisburg. Numerous country churches and cemeteries, including Mallard Creek Ch and Siloam Cem, are distributed across the drainage basins of Mallard Creek and Back Creek. The map also captures several smaller settlements like Newell, featuring its own Newell Sch, and Torrence Grove Ch, alongside the emerging residential patterns indicated by various trailer parks and the purple-tinted urban extensions.