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1954 Map of Ben Hill

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Ben Hill
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

Buzzard Roost Island and the Chattahoochee River define the western boundary of this territory, where the rural landscape of Fulton County was beginning to meet the expanding Atlanta city limits. The map reveals a dense network of country schools and churches that served these communities before mid-century suburbanization, including the Sandtown Sch and Sandtown Community House. The eastern portion is marked by the growing residential footprint of Ben Hill and the presence of the Mt Gilead Campground.

Significant infrastructure of the era is visible, such as the Atlantic Coast Line railroad and the Radio Range Station. Land use is highly varied, from the Utoy Sewage Disposal Plant and a Fish Hatchery near the southern edge to the preserved natural features of Utoy Boulder Park. Local water sources like Niskey Lake and Cowart Lake are interspersed among family-named roads like Thaxton Road and Hudgens Road.