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1968 Map of Weddington

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Weddington
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1989
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1989

About this map

The boundary lines of the North Carolina South Carolina border and the meeting of Mecklenburg Co Union Co define this landscape south of Charlotte. By the late 1960s, suburban expansion from the city was already reshaping the area, evidenced by the development around Olde Providence and the established fairways of the Quail Hollow Country Club. Despite this growth, older community anchors remain visible, including Providence Ch and the Silver Run Cem near Pleasant Valley.

A network of local waterways like McAlpine Creek, Fourmile Creek, and Sixmile Creek flows through the rolling terrain, punctuated by small private impoundments such as Lake Windermere and Cady Lake. Local education and recreation are prominent in the northern section, featuring South Mecklenburg High Sch and Tuckaway Park, while the southern reaches of the quadrangle maintain a more open character along the Marvin Road corridor.