2020 Map of Hastings Fish Pond

About this map

The Alapaha River forms a winding corridor through this section of south Georgia, defining the borders where Berrien, Atkinson, and Lanier counties meet. This landscape is characterized by its numerous "bays"—distinctive Carolina Bay depressions such as Meeting House Bay, Still Bay, and Phoebe Bay—which dot the terrain alongside oxbow formations like Round Lake and Half Moon Lake. The settlement pattern is rooted in rural agriculture and family heritage, evident in the presence of Vickers Farm and several generational burial grounds. Religious and social life centers on sites like the Riverside Missionary Baptist Church and Poplar Springs Ch, which are accompanied by their respective cemeteries. A complex network of local roads, many bearing family names like Waldo Henderson Rd and Hilton Hendley Rd, connects these remote homesteads and points of interest across the marshy lowlands and river bluffs.