Try going to the Map center at Ancestry.com. They have some great county maps .....and NC maps that showed changes over time. Best always........malinda Rosemary Moore wrote: > Thanks Everyone, > I was just browsing around the Lincoln Co site and stumbled upon the History of Lincoln County once again. I had forgotten about this great narrative. It states: > > "Catawba was set up from Lincoln by an east and west > line passing one and a half miles north of Lincolnton. In 1846, the > southern part was set off into the county of Gaston, by a line to pass > four and a half miles south of Lincolnton, and four miles of Catawba > ceded back to Lincoln." > ======================== > USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free > information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial > entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These > electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other > presentation > ***************************** > Now I just have to determine where this is on a map. > Rosemary > > ==== CATAWBA-WEST Mailing List ==== > Your donations to RootsWeb makes CATAWBA-WEST possible. > RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html