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2011 Map of Georgia

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Georgia
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Georgia and Moorestown anchor this Indiana landscape, where the terrain is defined by a dense network of ridges and hollows such as Burton Ridge, Toliver Ridge, and Tincher Hollow. The area south of Half Moon Lake is notably rich in family and community burial grounds, including the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, Isom Cemetery, and Georgia Cemetery. These sites, along with others like Hall Cemetery and Tincher Cemetery, provide a significant record of the local families who settled this region of Orange County.

Waterways like Beaver Creek, Shirley Creek, and the Lost River carve through the land, creating a complex topography of knobs and hollows like Gobblers Knob and Benson Hollow. To the south, the settlement of Orangeville and the Shirley Creek Horsemans Camp suggest a rural character shaped by both agriculture and outdoor recreation. The map's detailed labeling of roads, from Vincennes Rd to numerous county roads, reveals a persistent grid established among the natural drainage patterns of Dry Branch and Shirley Creek.