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1961 Map of Tuskeegee

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Tuskeegee
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

Fontana Lake dominates this 1961 landscape, its winding waters serving as the boundary between the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to the north and the Nantahala National Forest to the south. The map documents a rugged region of western North Carolina defined by high ridges like Welch Ridge and Forneys Ridge. Settlement patterns are concentrated in small pockets such as Tuskeegee and the riverside site of Proctor.

Genealogists will find a wealth of family history preserved in the numerous cemeteries scattered across the terrain, including Gunter Cem, Breedlove Cem, and Sawyer Creek Cem. These small burial grounds, often located near gaps such as Walnut Hollow Gap or along branches like Tuskeegee Creek, provide evidence of the tight-knit mountain communities that existed before and after the creation of the national park and the flooding of the reservoir.