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1969 Map of Benton

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Benton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

The Suwannee River carves a winding path through the borderlands of Hamilton and Columbia counties, defining a landscape of wetlands and low ridges. Near the northern bend of the river sits the small settlement of Benton, while the surrounding terrain is marked by numerous watercourses including Roaring Creek, Hunter Creek, and Little Creek. The area’s geography is influenced by the presence of Sugar Ridge and extensive swampy regions like Hooker Bay.

Human activity is evidenced by a network of rural routes such as Bart Hunter Road and roads leading to former extraction sites, including Eightmile Still Road and Fivemile Still Road. A Mine Dump and a Landing Strip appear in the western half of the quadrangle, indicating industrial and logistical footprints in this otherwise natural environment. Local landmarks like Prospect Ch serve as touchstones for genealogists researching families from this river-valley region in the late 1960s.