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1956 Map of Roswell

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Roswell
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1969
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1969

About this map

The Chattahoochee River forms the southern boundary of this North Georgia survey, anchoring a landscape where rural crossroads were beginning to yield to suburban growth. Settlements like Crabapple, Newtown, and the community of Fields Crossroads are mapped alongside significant landmarks including the County Prison Camp and a Drive-in Theater near Alpharetta. The presence of the Copper Mine in the northwest and a Rock Quarry near Big Creek points to the area's extractive history, while the network of named roads like Providence Road and Alabama Road indicates the primary corridors of local commerce.

Genealogists will find a wealth of specific local-history markers, from small country churches like Ebenezer Ch and Union Ch to the Northwestern Sch and Bailey-Johnson Sch. Numerous burial grounds are precisely located, including the Old Big Creek Cem, Maxwell Cem, and the Morris Cem. The map's detailed terrain shading captures the drainage of Killer Creek and Sandy Creek before the large-scale development of later decades transformed the Fulton County countryside.