1941 Map of Gumlog

About this map

Blairsville anchors the southern portion of this landscape, situated just east of the Nottely River. The map documents a significant transformation of the local geography as blue stipple indicates areas to be submerged by Nottely Lake, revealing the valley floor before the waters rose. North of the city, the terrain is characterized by a dense network of mountain ridges and gaps within the Chattahoochee National Forest and Nantahala National Forest, where small rural communities like Gumlog and Warne are situated along winding waterways. Local life in the early 1940s is traced through its civic and spiritual centers, from the Pleasant View Sch to Dry Branch Ch. Many of these features, such as Owenby Mill and the Smyrna Sch, provide a record of a dispersed mountain economy and social structure that preceded modern development in Union County.