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1964 Map of Gainesville

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Gainesville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

Lake Sidney Lanier dominates the northwestern landscape, its irregular shoreline forming numerous coves where the Chattahoochee River meets tributaries like Wahoo Creek and Little River. In the mid-1960s, Gainesville serves as a thriving hub, centered around a dense commercial core including the Municipal Bldg, Brenau College, and the Post Office. The map captures the industrial and residential development of satellite communities such as Chicopee and New Holland, the latter featuring the New Holland Cem.

Transportation networks are well-defined by the Southern and Seaboard rail lines, which supported the local economy alongside the Gainesville Municipal Airport. Genealogists will find significant value in the documentation of numerous rural houses of worship and burial grounds, from the large Alta Vista Cemetery to the smaller Gainesville Mill Cem and Greater Timber Ridge Ch on the eastern periphery. The presence of the County Fairgrounds and Chattahoochee Golf Club reflects the era's recreational growth near the newly formed reservoir.