1964 Map of Evans

About this map

Burks Mountain rises above the rolling terrain of Columbia County, Georgia, overlooking a landscape defined by the drainage of Kiokee Creek and Little Kiokee Creek toward the Savannah River. This survey, updated with revisions from the early 1970s, captures a transition in the region as the rural crossroads of Evans begins to develop near the Seaboard Coast Line railroad. Local history is deeply etched into the land here through numerous country churches like Second Mt Carmel Ch and Crawford Grove Ch, along with family-linked sites such as Old Avery Cem and the Snellings Memorial Acre. To the north, the National Forest Boundary marks the southern edge of the Sumter National Forest, while infrastructure like the Old Petersburg Road and Ferry Road trace earlier routes of travel and commerce along the river valley.