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1964 Map of Athens

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Athens
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

Athens serves as the focal point of this 1964 mid-century survey, revealing a period of significant suburban growth as seen in the development of the Bohannon Addition, Housley Addition, and Lockmiller Addition. The local infrastructure is well-defined, ranging from the McMinn County Airport in the south to the educational hub of Tennessee Wesleyan College near the town center.

Industry and transport are shaped by the Southern Railway and a network of arterial roads like the Lee Highway and Southern Highway. Beyond the urban core, the landscape transitions into the distinctive landforms of Niota Ridge and The Knobs. The map is particularly useful for genealogists, detailing numerous rural burial grounds such as McMinn Memory Gardens, Cedar Grove Cem, and Netherland Rice Cem, alongside community landmarks like St Pauls Ch and Mt Harmony Ch.