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1971 Map of Hazlehurst South

Name: 1971 Topographic Map of Hazlehurst South
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1988
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1988

About this map

The Jeff Davis County seat of Hazlehurst serves as the primary hub for this South Georgia landscape, where the agricultural grid meets the dense wetlands of the Satilla River basin. During the early 1970s, the town's expansion is documented near the Courthouse and Jeff Davis Sch, while the outlying areas remain defined by small rural settlements like Graham. The map reveals a network of country churches that anchored these communities, including Morgans Chapel and Bethany Ch, alongside family-named sites such as Bazemore Cem.

A significant hydrological pattern is visible as multiple waterways, including Big Satilla Creek, Little Satilla Creek, and Hurricane Creek, converge in the southern portion of the quadrangle. These drainage systems, often flanked by the Big Branch and Rocky Branch, dictate the timber and farming boundaries of the era. This survey captures the transition from established municipal centers to the dense creek bottoms of the Jeff Davis Co Appling Co border.