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1955 Map of Buena Vista NW

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Buena Vista NW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1986
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1986

About this map

The Fort Benning Military Reservation dominates this 1955 landscape, occupying a vast portion of the terrain where Muscogee, Chattahoochee, and Marion counties meet. The map documents a rural transition zone defined by numerous small water bodies and drainage systems, such as Averetts Pond and Upatoi Creek in the north, and the network of Pine Knot Creek and Little Pine Knot Creek to the south. Small family or community landmarks persist despite the military presence, including Gallups Millpond and the County Line Ch near the southern boundary.

Industrial and logistical remnants of the era are visible through the inclusion of a Landing Strip and a Tower within the reservation. Local religious life is anchored by the Church of God in the northeast corner. The map reflects a mid-century period where private farmsteads and rural millponds were being integrated into or bordered by federal military land use, creating a unique historical record of land ownership and transformation.