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1946 Map of Nickajack Gap

Name: 1946 Topographic Map of Nickajack Gap
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1960
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1960

About this map

Peavine Ridge and Taylor Ridge define the North Georgia terrain in this 1946 field study, creating a series of parallel valleys where rural communities established themselves along watercourses like Peavine Creek and Little Chickamauga Creek. The settlement at Wood Station and the smaller locality of Beaumont serve as local anchors, while the Chattahoochee National Forest covers the eastern elevations near Nickajack Gap.

Genealogists will find a wealth of community landmarks, including family-named sites such as Yates Cem, Mc Intyre Cem, and Moon Cem. The landscape is dotted with rural institutions that suggest the social fabric of the era, from the Mt Pisgah Sch to numerous country churches like Blue Spring Ch, Center Grove Ch, and Tomlinson Ch. The William Howard Taft Highway and Old Alabama Road provide the primary transit corridors through this agricultural and forested region.