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1981 Map of Albany

Name: 1981 Topographic Map of Albany
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

About this map

Albany serves as the primary urban hub on this 1980s-era map of Southwest Georgia, where the Flint River meets a network of converging rail lines including the Central of Georgia and Seaboard Coast Line. The landscape is defined by the agricultural and natural transition of the Upper Coastal Plain, with numerous tributaries such as Kinchafoonee Creek and Muckalee Creek snaking through a mosaic of woodland and cropland. To the northeast of the city, Chehaw State Park and the U S Naval Reservation occupy significant tracts near the riverbanks.

Smaller rural centers like Dawson, Cuthbert, and Leesburg anchor the surrounding counties, linked by a grid of secondary roads that replaced earlier plantation-era paths. Genealogists and local historians can find interest in smaller, less-documented locales such as Starkville, Pecan City, and Pretoria, or trace the complex hydrology of the region through dozens of named bodies of water like Blue Pond and Coney Lake.