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2020 Map of Flowery Branch

Name: 2020 Topographic Map of Flowery Branch
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2020
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

Lake Sidney Lanier and its complex network of inlets, including Chattahoochee Bay and Flowery Branch Bay, dominate the western half of this Hall County survey. The landscape is defined by the tension between the expanding suburban corridors of Gainesville and Buford and the rural character of older communities. The transportation spine of the region is clearly established by the Norfolk Southern railroad line and I-985, which pass through the heart of Flowery Branch and Oakwood.

Genealogists will find a dense distribution of legacy burial sites, from the centrally located Young Family Cem to several denominational grounds like Zion Hill Baptist Cem and Mount Salem Baptist Cem. Smaller local landmarks, such as The Flying W Ranch Airport and various crossroads like Spout Spring Crossroads and Roberts Crossroads, provide specific points of reference for tracing mid-twentieth-century development patterns before the heavy expansion of the Atlanta metro periphery reached this shoreline.