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1908 Map of Stilesboro

Name: 1908 Topographic Map of Stilesboro
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1908
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1908

About this map

Cartersville serves as a major hub in this northern Georgia landscape, where the Etowah River snakes westward toward the confluence at Woollys. The turn-of-the-century economy is clearly visible through a dense concentration of railroads, including the Rome RR, Western and Atlantic RR, and the Cartersville and Rockmart RR. These lines connect manufacturing and agricultural centers like Kingston, Cass Station, and Emerson, while river crossings such as Island Ford and Harden Bridge indicate the primary overland routes of the era.

Agricultural life is centered around smaller post offices and settlements like Stilesboro, Euharlee, and Bests Sta Cave PO. To the south, the terrain becomes more complex as the ridges of Pegamore Mtn and Walker Mountain rise above the drainage basins of Pumpkinvine Creek and Raccoon Creek. This survey captures the county lines of Bartow, Polk, and Paulding before modern infrastructure bypassed many of these early railroad stations and crossroads communities.