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1970 Map of Altamaha SE

Name: 1970 Topographic Map of Altamaha SE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

The Altamaha River winds through the borderlands of Tattnall, Appling, and Wayne counties, anchoring a landscape of river landings and bottomland lakes. In the early 1970s, this area remained largely rural, defined by small family cemeteries and country churches scattered across the upland ridges. Local river access is marked by Carters Bight Landing and Lower Sister Bluff Landing, points of historical transit along the water's edge.

South of the river, the topography transitions into a network of low-lying wetlands and creek branches. Genealogical markers are dense in this quadrant, including the Moody Tillman Cem and Blantons Chapel. Several oxbow lakes such as Jessie Lake and Rocky Lake populate the floodplains, while an industrial footprint is visible via a major pipeline cutting across the southern terrain near Goose Creek.