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1972 Map of Burnt Hickory Ridge

Name: 1972 Topographic Map of Burnt Hickory Ridge
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

The Etowah Indian Mounds occupy a prominent bend in the Etowah River at the northern edge of this Paulding and Bartow County landscape. This 1970s record illustrates a transition between the established industrial outskirts of Emerson and the rural network of ridges and family churches that define the southern portion of the sheet. The terrain is marked by the winding courses of Pumpkinvine Creek and its many tributaries, such as Gourd Br and Spring Br, which carved the valleys that dictated early road placement.

Local history is preserved through numerous rural institutions, including the Burnt Hickory Ridge School and Harmony Grove Ch. The presence of the Cartersville Airport and a high-voltage Pipeline corridors through the woods shows the mid-century modernization reaching these ridges. Genealogists can find specific family-named landmarks and cemeteries like Harmony Grove Cem and Mt Moriah Ch, which served the scattered communities of Crowville and Cross Roads before suburban expansion reached this far south of the river.