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1971 Map of Concord

Name: 1971 Topographic Map of Concord
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

The Southern railroad corridor dictates the settlement pattern of this agricultural landscape in Pike County, Georgia, connecting the towns of Concord and Molena. Both communities serve as hubs for the surrounding countryside, where small clusters of civic life appear at Neal and Pedenville. The presence of the County High Sch in Concord alongside the City Wells and Sewage Disposal Ponds indicates a maturing municipal infrastructure serving the local rural population.

Rural genealogy researchers will find a dense distribution of family-named cemeteries and community churches, such as Hale Cem, Milner Cem, and the Pure Holiness Ch. The terrain transitions from the rolling drainages of Elkins Creek and Birch Creek toward the more prominent elevations of Buzzard Mountain and Indian Grave Mountain in the south. This survey captures the region before extensive modern development, preserving the locations of numerous historic land divisions and remote church sites like Bush Chapel and Smith Chapel.