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2022 Map of Etowah

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Etowah
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

The town of Etowah stands at the eastern edge of the Tennessee Valley, where the grid of city streets gives way to the rising slopes of Starr Mtn and Poplar Springs Ridge. This landscape is defined by the proximity of the Cherokee National Forest and the industrial imprint of the L and N Reservoir. The map reveals a dense network of early community centers, including Piney Grove United Methodist Church Cem, New Bethel, and Carlock.

Tracing the path of Chestuee Creek and Conasauga Creek illustrates the settlement patterns of McMinn and Polk counties, where small hamlets like Delano, Wetmore, and Cambria are connected by rural routes such as the Etowah Old Federal Rd. Numerous family-named landmarks and cemeteries, such as Kirksey Cem and Buttram Cem, offer significant details for local historians and genealogists studying the families that established these foothill communities.