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1972 Map of Madison

Name: 1972 Topographic Map of Madison
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1986
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1986

About this map

Madison serves as the central hub of this northern Georgia landscape, where the Georgia Central Of and Seaboard Coast Line railroads converge. The city's civic core is well-defined by the Courthouse, City Hall, and several local schools, including Pearl Jr High Sch. Residential expansion is visible to the south toward Beacon Heights, while the surrounding countryside is dotted with rural congregations like Smyrna Ch and Plainview Ch.

A network of small waterways, such as Sugar Creek and Little Indian Creek, drains the terrain toward the south. Modern infrastructure developments are noted through the inclusion of Interchange 50 and Interchange 51, showing the intersection of major transit routes with the traditional agricultural and wooded landscape. Local industry and utility are represented by a Gravel Pit, multiple filtration plants, and the Municipal Airport north of the downtown district.