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1956 Map of Stone Mountain

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Stone Mountain
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1970
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1970

About this map

Stone Mountain dominates the landscape of this 1956 survey, which documents the rapid mid-century development of eastern DeKalb County. The map includes the Stone Mountain Memorial Petroglyphs and an Air Beacon atop the granite dome, while the surrounding lowlands reveal a mix of established rural communities and burgeoning suburban expansion. Settlements such as Tucker, Clarkston, and the lakeside community of Pine Lake are depicted alongside local landmarks like Ebenezer Ch and the Simmons Sch.

Infrastructure is defined by the Seaboard Coast Line and Georgia Highway 10, which catalyzed growth in the 1960s as indicated by the purple urban-area revisions. Water features like Snapfinger Creek and Lake Arrowhead weave through the terrain, connecting numerous small churches and schools such as Mt Pleasant Ch and Algood Sch, providing essential geographic data for genealogists tracing family roots in this corner of the Atlanta metropolitan area.