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1964 Map of Bold Springs

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Bold Springs
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

The intersection of Gwinnett, Barrow, and Walton counties defines this Piedmont landscape in the mid-1960s, a region characterized by small rural settlements and an intricate network of creeks feeding the Apalachee River and Alcovy River. Bold Springs serves as a central landmark, while the Seaboard Air Line railroad and Old Air Line Road cut through the northern portion of the map near Whistleville and Carl.

Genealogists and local historians will find numerous family-named landmarks and rural congregations, such as Kilgore Cem, Moore Cem, and New Rock Springs Ch. The terrain transitions from the upland ridges of Windsor to the Apalachee Shoals, reflecting a landscape still largely defined by agricultural road patterns like Indian Shoals Road and Wages Circle before modern suburban expansion reached this part of Georgia.