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1964 Map of Athens

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Athens
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1966
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1966

About this map

Athens serves as the bustling commercial and academic hub of McMinn County on this mid-1960s survey, dominated by the campus of Tennessee Wesleyan College and a growing residential footprint. The city's post-war expansion is evident in the development of the Bohannon Addition, Housley Addition, and Lockmiller Addition, while the infrastructure of the era is anchored by Epperson Hospital and the McMinn County Airport.

Transport and topography define the surrounding landscape, with the Southern Railway and Louisville and Nashville Railroad intersecting near the city center. Rural life outside the municipal core is marked by numerous family burying grounds and country parishes, such as the Netherland Rice Cem and Mt Harmony Ch. The terrain transitions from the Sweetwater Valley through the ridge-and-valley structures of Niota Ridge and The Knobs, where small communities like Nashville and Fairview sit along the winding Oostanaula Creek.