1971 Map of Butler West

About this map

Butler and its western rural outskirts in Taylor County are defined by a complex network of waterways and the steady path of the Central of Georgia railroad. This landscape, as it appeared in the early 1970s with updates through the mid-1980s, reveals a quiet agricultural and industrial character punctuated by small clusters like Mizell, Goldson, and Bigbee. The terrain is deeply carved by the drainage systems of Patsiliga Creek and Little Whitewater Creek, creating a rugged texture of ridges and creek bottoms that influenced the placement of early homesteads and transport routes.