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1972 Map of Danielsville North

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

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

The county seat of Danielsville anchors the southern edge of this Madison County landscape as it appeared in the early 1970s. The region is defined by a dense network of watercourses including the Hudson River and the Broad River, where numerous small creeks like Masons Mill Creek and Shiloh Creek carve through the terrain. The map reveals a deeply rooted rural community, illustrated by the frequent pairing of local churches and their adjacent cemeteries, such as New Hope Ch and New Hope Cem near the settlement of Bond.

Tracing the secondary roads reveals a scattered pattern of homesteads and small agricultural centers like Harrison. Evidence of 20th-century infrastructure is visible in the prominent Pipeline corridor and the Radio Tower near Scull Shoal Creek. For genealogists, the map is a primary source for locating family landmarks and vanished rural hubs like Jones Chapel and Macedonia Ch, providing a precise look at the crossroads of northern Georgia before modern expansion.