1958 Map of Kingsland

About this map

Kingsland serves as the central hub of this Georgia-Florida borderlands survey, situated where the Seaboard Air Line Railroad intersects a network of early regional thoroughfares like Colerain-St Marys Road and St Marys Road. The landscape is defined by its proximity to the winding St Marys River, which forms the boundary between Camden and Nassau counties. Extensive wetlands and tributaries such as Crooked River, Catfish Creek, and Shingle Swamp dictate the pattern of settlement, pushing small communities like Seals, Evergreen, and Kinlaw toward the higher ground of the interior. Genealogists will find a wealth of local data, including several family and community burial grounds like Sheffield Cem, Brazell Cem, and Lawnwood Cem. The presence of Carnegie Chapel and Evergreen Ch further illustrates the social geography of the coastal plain in the late 1950s.