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1971 Map of Blackshear East

Name: 1971 Topographic Map of Blackshear East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

Alabaha River and the Satilla River define the watery landscape of this southern Georgia survey, where the drainages of Kettle Creek and Hacklebarney Creek cut through the sandy pine lands. The settlement pattern in the early 1970s is remarkably dispersed, characterized by isolated family landmarks and country congregations such as Hacklebarney Ch and Ben James Ch. A distinct local commercial character is evident at the Jot 'Em Down Store, situated north of the more developed fringes of Blackshear.

Transportation and industry are concentrated along the Seaboard Coast Line corridor, which passes through the small community of Homestead. This rail link supported local resource extraction, evidenced by several Sandpit and Sandpits operations. For the genealogist, the map preserves the locations of several rural burying grounds including Nunn Cem, Sweat Cem, and Waters Cem, often situated near their namesake chapels like Alabaha Ch.