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1994 Map of Elk Mills

Name: 1994 Topographic Map of Elk Mills
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1998
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1998

About this map

Watauga Lake dominates this mountain landscape, its northern reaches defined by the Watauga Reservation Boundary and the high peaks of Sink Mountain. The region is a dense network of family-named hollows and ridges, such as Duncan Hollow and Meat Camp Hollow, where the Forest Service revised these records in the mid-1990s. Remote settlements like Buntontown, Peoria, and Elk Mills are tied together by a web of rural churches and cemeteries, including the Sink Valley Church and Grindstaff Cemetery.

A Strip Mine near Dry Run and the Dry Run School point to the local industry and community hubs that persisted despite the difficult terrain. The map's southern half features the steep slopes of Stone Mountain and Little Stone Mountain, marking the state line between Tennessee and North Carolina. Genealogists will find a wealth of specific family markers, from Proffitt Cemetery to Wolfe Cemetery, preserved in the topography of the Cherokee National Forest.