2011 Map of Draketown

About this map

Draketown and Piney Woods anchor this West Georgia landscape, where the headwaters of the Tallapoosa River wind through a complex of small family-named watersheds and agricultural plots. The area is dense with genealogical markers, featuring numerous burial grounds such as Draketown Cemetery, Mount Carmel Cemetery, and Corinth Cemetery. Water management is a defining characteristic of the terrain, visible through a series of engineered structures including Little River Structure Number Seven Dam and the Little Tallapoosa Watershed Dam Number One. This network of small lakes like Garrett Lake and Hatfields Lake suggests a landscape managed for local irrigation and flood control. Transportation is defined by a web of rural routes like Coppermine Rd and Old Draketown Pass, while the Ayresouth Airport provides a modern landing point amidst the traditional homesteads and creek bottoms of the Mill Creek and Brooks Creek valleys.