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2014 Map of Bethel

Name: 2014 Topographic Map of Bethel
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2014
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2014

About this map

Bethel serves as the central hub of this Turner County landscape, where the rural character is defined by a network of small creeks and family-named landmarks. The area's history is preserved in several community burial grounds, including Bethel Cem, Pleasant Hill Cem, and Prospects Cem, which anchor the surrounding agricultural tracts. Small water bodies like Wynne Lake, Reinhardt Lake, and Busseys Pond dot the terrain, while larger systems such as Deep Cr and Sand Cr carve paths through the coastal plain.

Transportation routes are critical to this region, with the GA-112 corridor crossing Geoghagan Bridge and passing near the Richter Airpark. Traditional crossing points like Rainey Ford and Gorday Ford on Deep Cr provide evidence of earlier transit patterns before modern bridges like Shivers Bridge were established. The distribution of local roads such as Rebecca Waterloo Hwy and Ben Whiddon Rd reflects the long-standing family ties to the land in this part of Georgia.