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1967 Map of Cedartown West

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Cedartown West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

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Cave Spring anchors the northern portion of this landscape, notably serving as the site of the State School for the Deaf. The terrain transitions from the ridge-and-valley slopes of Padlock Mtn and Mt Hope toward the established grid of Cedartown in the southeast. This survey documents a rural environment deeply rooted in community institutions, evidenced by a dense network of country churches and family-named cemeteries such as Chubb Chapel, Valley Grove Ch, and Sanders Cem.

Industrial and transportation corridors are clearly defined by the Seaboard Coast Line and Southern railroads, which facilitated movement through the valley long before modern highway expansion. The presence of the small settlement of Chubbtown and the scattered water bodies like Kirkpatrick Lake and York Lake illustrate the local reliance on the Cedar Creek watershed for both agricultural and civic life in late-1960s Polk County.