2019 Map of Waco

About this map

Kings Mountain Reservoir dominates the central landscape of this Cleveland County region, its branching fingers reaching into the surrounding terrain where the waters of Buffalo Creek are impounded. The area is characterized by a network of established communities and rural crossroads, with the town of Waco situated north of the reservoir and the edges of larger settlements like Shelby, Cherryville, and Kings Mountain appearing at the quadrangle margins. For genealogists, the map preserves the locations of several burial grounds including New Prospect Cem and Capernaum Cem. The transition from the more developed street grids of Light Oak and Marys Grove to the wooded drainages of Muddy Fork and Persimmon Cr illustrates the mid-20th-century growth patterns of the North Carolina Piedmont, where residential pockets expanded alongside traditional agricultural lands and creek-bottom timber.