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1938 Map of Andrews

Name: 1938 Topographic Map of Andrews
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1969
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1969

About this map

The town of Andrews serves as the hub of this 1938 survey, where the Southern Railway follows the course of the Valley River through the heart of Cherokee County. The landscape is defined by the surrounding peaks of the Snowbird Mountains and Tusquitee Mts, which contain numerous family-named landmarks like Wait Ridge and Phillips Ridge. Local life centers around rural institutions such as the Junaluska Sch and the Valley River Ch and Cem.

Industrial activity is evident along the river corridor, with the Ritter Lumber Company Railroad and the infrastructure of the Nantahala Power & Light Company present. A State Prison Camp is located just east of the main settlement. The map captures smaller communities like Valleytown and Rhodo before later twentieth-century development, preserving the locations of numerous mountain gaps and peaks such as Granny Squirrel Gap and Rattlesnake Knob.