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2020 Map of Franklin

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

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

Franklin serves as the seat of local government, centered on the Heard County Courthouse and the Franklin Bridge which spans the wide Chattahoochee River. The landscape is characterized by a high density of ancestral burial grounds, including the Heard Wesley Chapel Cem, Enon Grove Cem, and the Franklin City Cem. These sites, alongside smaller family plots like Vaughan Cem and McWaters Cem, provide a detailed genealogical record of the region's long-established communities.

North of the county seat, the settlements of Centralhatchee and Enon Grove are connected by a network of rural routes such as Enon Grove Rd and Favor Rd. The river itself is a prominent geographic feature, marked by navigation hazards and natural crossings like Bush Head Shoals and Daniel Shoals. Numerous tributaries, including Centralhatchee Creek and Hilly Mill Cr, carve through the terrain, illustrating the water-dependent settlement patterns of this Georgia corridor.