2016 Map of Wingate

About this map

Wingate and the eastern outskirts of Monroe are depicted here along the CSX Transportation rail line during a period of steady suburban and rural development in Union County. The landscape is defined by a dense network of country roads connecting established community centers like Rock Rest and Allens Crossroads. For those tracing local families, the map is remarkably thorough in its documentation of rural religious life, featuring numerous church-affiliated cemeteries such as Meadowbranch-Wingate Baptist Church Cem, Nicey Grove Church Cem, and Smyrna Church Cem. The terrain is characterized by a series of branching waterways including Rays Fork, Beaverdam Cr, and Lanes Cr, which divide the agricultural tracts and timberlands of the Piedmont. These water bodies, paired with family-named landmarks like Bennett-Bivens Cem, provide a detailed view of the area's social and physical geography before further modernization.