2024 Map of Cooks Still

About this map

Poplar Hill sits at the northern edge of this landscape, where the boundary between Dodge Co and Telfair Co follows a series of surveyed lines across the headwaters of Horse Creek. This portion of South Georgia is defined by a dendritic network of streams and agricultural roads, where local life centers around family cemeteries and rural congregations. The topography is shaped by the slow drainage of Cat Creek and Alligator Creek as they move toward the Ocmulgee basin. Numerous family-named landmarks and church sites, including Mount Zion Church Cem and Friendship Cem, are connected by a dense grid of unpaved and county routes like Temperance Rd. Smaller water bodies such as Mathews Lake and Davis Pond punctuate the timber and farmland, marking traditional local fishing and gathering spots that have persisted for generations.