1978 Map of Berlin West

About this map

Okapilco Creek and its tributaries, including Little Okapilco Creek and Hog Creek, form the central drainage system of this South Georgia landscape. The area is characterized by a dense network of country churches and rural school sites that served the local agricultural community, such as New Jerusalem Ch and Culbertson Sch. Near the community of Berlin, the Georgia Northern Railroad cuts through the terrain, illustrating the logistical importance of rail transport for the region's timber and farming interests during the late 1970s. The convergence of three counties—Colquitt, Thomas, and Brooks—is a notable jurisdictional landmark in the southwestern portion of the sheet. Genealogists will find significant value in the documentation of several family and community burial grounds, including the Wesley Chapel Cem and Sardis Ch Cem, which remain as permanent markers of the area's ancestral settlement patterns.