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2024 Map of County Line

Name: 2024 Topographic Map of County Line
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2024
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2024

About this map

Benevolence sits at the southern edge of this West Georgia landscape, where the border between Stewart and Randolph counties is defined by a series of high ridges and deep creek drainages. The area is characterized by a network of rural roads and watercourses that supported small-scale agriculture and community life into the early 21st century. Significant local genealogy landmarks include the Philadelphia Baptist Church and its associated cemetery in the north, alongside the Pumpkin Creek Road Church and Pumpkin Creek Road Church Cem further south.

The terrain is heavily dissected by the tributaries of Pataula Creek and Pumpkin Creek, including family-named water features like Ward Branch and Wards Mill Branch. These branches, along with Little Pumpkin Creek, highlight a landscape historically tied to local water power and milling. The road network, comprising routes like Old Lumpkin Rd and Julian Ward Rd, continues to follow the topography of the land, connecting scattered homesteads to the primary north-south artery of US Route 27.