MAPS
Current Topographic Map of Etowah area - created with Henderson County's online GO MAPS GIS
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The unincorporated community of Etowah is located along west Highway 64 about halfway between the cities of Hendersonville and Brevard, adjacent to mile #37 of the French Broad River (river headwaters are in the Rosman area of Transylvania County). "Old Highway 64" was the original road through Etowah prior to the 1950s.
Neighboring communities include, - In Henderson County: Big Willow, Pleasant Grove, Crab Creek, Horse Shoe, Holly Springs, and Mills River - In Transylvania County: Blantyre, Penrose, Pisgah Forest 
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The geographic boundaries of traditional pioneer communities are normally based on land features such as the horse shoe bend in the French Broad River, mountain ridges, gaps, creeks, other landmarks, settlement patterns, etc.
A county map depicting the traditional communities of Henderson County, from Balfour to Zirconia, may be viewed on hendersonheritage.com. Boundaries shown are generalized illustrations only, not specific.
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1935 MAP
Horse Shoe Quadrangle Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Tennessee Valley Authority Download the PDF file. source: geonames.usgs.gov |
1935 Map of Horse Shoe Quadrangle, includes Etowah and surrounding areas
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The Great Wagon Road is labeled G.W.R. on the map below.
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