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1964 Map of Ayersville

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Ayersville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

The Chattahoochee National Forest dominates this Northeast Georgia landscape, where the ridges and drainages of Habersham and Stephens counties meet. At the center of the sheet, the settlement of Ayersville sits along the Southern Railway, which winds through the hills alongside several smaller locales like Dixon Crossroads and Hills Crossing. The map reveals a community organized around rural institutions, including the Mt Pleasant Ch, Hazel Grove Sch, and Mtn Grove Cem.

Hydrological features are particularly dense, featuring numerous managed reservoirs such as Reservoir No 21 and Reservoir No 12, alongside larger bodies like Irvin Lake and Nancy Town Lake. The prominence of Currahee Mtn in the southeast and the various branch waters of the Middle Fork Broad River illustrate the transition from upland forests to settled valleys. Of note for local historians are several abandoned transportation routes, including an Old Railroad Grade and an older Railroad Grade south of Ayersville.