1971 Map of Bemiss

About this map

Moody Air Force Base dominates the northern landscape of this Lowndes County survey, its runways and towers positioned adjacent to the expansive wetlands of Banks Lake. The orthophotomap imagery reveals a transition from military infrastructure and suburban trailer parks to the dense, water-logged reaches of Grand Bay. The Seaboard Coast Line railroad cuts diagonally across the terrain, linking the settlement of Bemiss with smaller locales like Delmar. A strong network of rural community life is evident in the many scattered houses of worship, including New Bethel Ch, Antioch Ch, and Good Hope Ch. Genealogists will find particular value in the documentation of the Hightower Cem and Antioch Cem, situated among the fields and pine stands that characterize this South Georgia region.