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1969 Map of Addison

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Addison
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

Addison serves as the central hub of this 1960s Winston County landscape, situated where the ridge-top roads meet above a complex network of winding creek valleys. Much of the western and northern terrain is protected within the William B Bankhead National Forest, while the southern reaches are defined by the rising waters of Lewis Smith Lake. The map reveals a community organized around rural institutions, including the High Sch in town and several outlying country churches such as Friendship Ch and Fairview Ch.

Tracing the waterways like Rock Creek and Brushy Creek shows how the terrain dictated early settlement patterns, with family-named landmarks and remote sites like Old Houston Camp tucked into the hills. The southern shoreline at Horseshoe Bend illustrates the dramatic impact of the reservoir on the local geography. Small communities such as Helicon, Inmanfield, and New Georgia appear connected by secondary roads that follow the high ground between deep-cut branches and creeks.