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2014 Map of Laurens North

Name: 2014 Topographic Map of Laurens North
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2014
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2014

About this map

Gray Court and the northern reaches of Laurens anchor this Piedmont landscape, which is defined by a dense network of family cemeteries and rural congregations. The topography is marked by distinct elevations such as Big Knob and Little Knob, while the drainage of the Little River and its tributaries like Warrior Creek and Ghost Creek shape the winding path of the local road system. This 2014 survey reveals a transition from the clustered residential streets of Gray Court to the broader agricultural and wooded tracts to the south.

Local history researchers will find significant genealogical value in the numerous burial grounds documented here, including the Knight Cemetery, Bolt Family Cemetery, and Trinity Methodist Church Cemetery. These sites, along with Barksdale Cemetery and Chesnut Ridge Cemetery, provide a spatial record of the communities that have long inhabited this portion of Laurens County. The presence of Teagues Lake and Abbotts Pond further illustrates the localized water management common to this region's terrain.