A Chiefly Village on the Etowah

At its 1000–1550 CE height, the Mississippian town of Etowah was a major chiefdom whose great earthen mounds housed elite residences, temples, and noble burials beside a central plaza on the Etowah River.

A Chiefly Village on the Etowah is a historical marker in Cartersville, Bartow County. It is one of 139 historical markers documented in Bartow County, among 265 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 34.1266, -84.8071 near Cartersville. The nearest cataloged historic site is A Return to Native Grasses (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Defensive Ditch/Borrow Pit, Etowah’s Wattle and Daub House, and Mound A - Symbol of a Chiefdom.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.