Township map of Jackson County, North Carolina

Township map of Jackson County, North Carolina

Communities

Copper mines and mining

Jackson County (N.C.) -- Historical geography

Swain County (N.C.) -- Historical geography -- Maps

Title devised by cataloger. "Photostatic copy by Dept. of Archives & History, Raleigh, North Carolina, from records in its archives, Jan. 18, 1984." Also noted are the locations of the residence of D.D. Davies in the Cullowhee Township, the Dills' Mills in the Webster Township, copper mines, mountains and mountain passes. The original 1868 map was prepared by J. Ramsey Dills, county surveyor for Jackson County, in compliance with an 1868 act of the General Assembly requiring all counties in North Carolina to be divided into townships. The map portrays Jackson County prior to the creation of Swain County in 1871 and delineates and identifies the eight townships into which the county was divided. A certification signed by Dills and the county commissioners accompanies the original 1868 map. Rivers and creeks are also shown and identified--Information taken from abstract provided by North Carolina State Archives. No. 1. Deep Creek Township -- no. 2. Qualla Township -- no. 3. Webster Township -- no. 4. Scotts Creek Township -- no. 5. Savannah Township -- no. 6. Cullowhee Township -- no. 7. Caney Fork Township -- no. 8. Cashiers Valley Township.
Reduced positive and negative photocopies of original map. Oriented with north toward upper left

Dills, J. Ramsey

Maps - Special Collection

Dept. of Archives & History

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1868

North Carolina. Division of Archives and History

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2015-10-14

1984

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Jackson County (N.C.)

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4 pages(size)

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Western North Carolina Regional Maps