1919 Map of Gough

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Brier Creek and its southern tributary, Buckhead Creek, carve a rolling landscape through Burke County, defining the early 20th-century settlement patterns of eastern Georgia. This survey, conducted in cooperation with the War Department, reveals a dense network of rural infrastructure centered around Waynesboro. Small communities like Gough, Vidette, and Keysville are linked by the Georgia and Florida and Augusta Southern railroads, which facilitated the movement of goods and people across the coastal plain.