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1950 Map of Gough

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Gough
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1950
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1950

About this map

Agricultural life in Burke County centers on the rail-side community of Gough and the nearby village of Vidette at the mid-century. A network of family burial grounds, including the Gough Family Cemetery, Smith Family Cemetery, and Taylor Cemetery, indicates generations of established land ownership throughout the region. The landscape is dotted with numerous Windmills, highlighting a period when local water management was still largely decentralized.

Transport is defined by the crossing of the Georgia and Florida and the Savannah and Atlanta railroads, which facilitated the movement of goods from rural stations like Drone. Local education and social life are anchored by institutions such as the Hudson Hall School, L D Hill School, and the Joan Society Hall and Cemetery. Waterways such as Buckhead Creek and Rocky Creek drain the area, occasionally pooling into features like Hills Pond and Peel Pond.