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1973 Map of Ball Ground West

Name: 1973 Topographic Map of Ball Ground West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

About this map

The Etowah River snakes through southern Cherokee County in the early 1970s, defining a landscape of sharp ridges and deep creek valleys. The Louisville and Nashville railroad serves as the primary industrial corridor, connecting settlements like Ball Ground, Gober, and Keithsburg. This transit route parallels Sharp Mountain Creek, where the local terrain transitions toward the elevations of Sharp Top near the northern boundary with Pickens County.

Rural community life is anchored by a network of country churches and schools, such as Old Damascus Ch and Bunche Sch. Evidence of the area's older economic roots appears at Dowdy Mill and a Quarry near Burris Crossroads. From the Cherokee County Airport to the Filtration Plant near Canton, the map documents the infrastructure supporting this portion of North Georgia during a period of steady development.