1970 Map of Mount Airy South

About this map

The Ararat River carves a winding path through the center of this landscape, anchoring a rural network of small communities and family churches south of the Virginia border. The city of Mount Airy dominates the northwest corner, showing its 1970s footprint alongside the neighboring settlements of Toast and Bannertown. Outside the urban center, the terrain is defined by the steep slopes of Chestnut Ridge and a series of creek valleys like Stewarts Creek and Toms Creek that feed into the Ararat.