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2017 Map of Denton

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of Denton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

Denton serves as the central hub of this South Georgia landscape, where a grid of streets including W Georgia Ave and E Tennessee Ave meets the north-south transit of State Route 135. The area is characterized by a high density of small wetlands and cypress ponds that feed a complex drainage system, notably Whitehead Creek in the north and the meandering Little Hurricane Cr in the south. These waters define the boundaries between the agricultural clearings and timber stands of Jeff Davis and Coffee counties.

Local history is preserved in the small rural settlements of Brooker and Lehigh, alongside traditional burial grounds like Burkett Cem and Wilcox Cem. The map reveals a dense network of farm-to-market roads, such as Snipesville Rd and Raleigh Wilcox Rd, which connect the scattered homesteads and reveal the deep-rooted family legacy of the region through landmarks like Wooten Farm Rd and Archie Miller Rd.