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1970 Map of Lincolnton East

Name: 1970 Topographic Map of Lincolnton East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

Lincolnton and the industrial corridor of the Seaboard Coast Line define the northern landscape of this North Carolina survey. The urban core extends eastward into Boger City, where residential growth surrounds the County Hospital and Central Jr High Sch. Southward, the terrain transitions into a patchwork of rural homesteads and numerous country churches, such as Mt Vernon Ch and Sharon Cem Ch, which anchored the area's agricultural communities.

The southern reaches of the map are dominated by the South Fork Catawba River, where the industrial settlement of High Shoals utilizes the water's power near the Southern railroad tracks. This area showcases the transition from the rolling Piedmont hills near Pasour Mtn to the river-bottom lands. For genealogists, the map preserves the exact locations of several family-named landmarks and smaller settlements like Iron Station and Southside during a period of steady mid-century development.