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1958 Map of Glennville SE

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Glennville SE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1961
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1961

About this map

Rural Long County is defined by a network of creeks and small settlements in the late 1950s. The landscape is dominated by the lowlands of Vinzant Swamp and numerous watercourses like Beards Creek and Jones Creek. A prominent diagonal scar across the terrain represents the Old Railroad Grade, which passes through the community of Donald. This infrastructure highlights the transition from rail-dependent timber or agricultural transport to the road-based network seen at Smiley Crossroads.

Local life centers on numerous small rural churches, including Macedonia Ch and Poplar Head Ch. The presence of the Fletcher Branch Lookout Tower near Wefanie indicates the importance of forest management in this pine-heavy region of Georgia. For genealogists, the map preserves the specific locations of several house sites and small cemeteries such as Macedonia Cem, offering a detailed view of the county's social geography before modern development shifted these remote settlements.