The Catawba River and the meandering Johns River define this North Carolina landscape just north of the regional hub of Morganton. During the first decade of the 21st century, the map reveals a transition from traditional rural settlements like Hartland and Chesterfield toward more formal residential developments, including the Piedmont Park Subdivision. Smaller, curiously named locales such as Worry and Perkinsville anchor the western reaches, while the terrain north of the river confluence is crisscrossed by family-named routes like Pax Hill Rd and Jim McCall Rd. Genealogists will find several notable burial sites preserved in this survey, including the Houck Cemetery in the north and the Bost Cemetery and Erwin Cemetery situated near the broad bend where the Warrior Fork joins the larger river system.
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1905 · Morganton
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1953 · Charlotte
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1954 · Charlotte
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1956 · Valdese
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1956 · Oak Hill
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1956 · Collettsville
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1956 · Morganton North
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1956 · Morganton South
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1956 · Lenoir
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1956 · Chestnut Mtn.
USGS Topo · 1:24,000