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1964 Map of Roopville

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Roopville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1966
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1966

About this map

Roopville sits at the eastern edge of this mid-1960s landscape, serving as a focal point for a rural Georgia region defined by its dense network of small communities and family-named landmarks. The terrain is divided by the Carroll Co and Heard Co line, which cuts across a landscape of creeks and church-centered settlements. Communities like Tyus, Ephesus, and Roosterville are connected by a web of unimproved dirt and light-duty roads that navigate the many branches of the Little Tallapoosa River and Centralhatchee Creek.

Genealogists will find significant detail in the placement of rural assembly points such as Pleasant Grove Ch and Bethesda Ch, alongside numerous family-named cemeteries. The infrastructure of the early 1960s is preserved here, featuring local landmarks like the Lookout Tower near Roopville and small, vanished-from-modern-maps locales such as Lizzies and Rockalo. This area reflects the transition of rural Georgia from traditional agriculture toward more modern road networks while maintaining its historical settlement patterns.