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1904 Map of Roan Mountain

Name: 1904 Topographic Map of Roan Mountain
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1922
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1922

About this map

Roan Mountain and the Unaka Mountains dominate the borderlands between Tennessee and North Carolina in this early twentieth-century survey. The high-elevation terrain is defined by the Unaka National Forest and Cherokee National Forest, with Roan High Knob and Roan High Bluff standing as prominent landmarks. Along the valley corridors, the Southern Ry and the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina RR connect growing regional hubs like Johnson City and Erwin to smaller mountain communities.

Resource extraction and local transit are evident in features such as the Hodge Ore Bank and the Embreeville Road. The map documents numerous vanished post offices and small settlements such as Magnetic City, Huntdale, and Bakersville. Waterways including the Nolichucky River and Doe River carve through the ridges, providing the topographic framework for scattered rural churches like Poplar Ridge Church and Chinkapin Grove Church.