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1970 Map of Lyons

Name: 1970 Topographic Map of Lyons
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

Lyons serves as the focal point of this Toombs County survey, showing the city's grid integrated with the Seaboard Coast Line railroad and local civic landmarks like the Courthouse and City Hall. Just to the south, the uniquely named settlement of Santa Claus appears along the highway, while the eastern edge of the Vidalia Corporate Bdy and the Vidalia Municipal Airport reach into the quadrangle.

The surrounding landscape is defined by the drainages of Swift Creek, Pendleton Creek, and Little Creek, punctuated by several rural landmarks that offer high value for local family researchers. Named cemeteries such as Odom Cem, Wilks Cem, and Hillsboro Cem are mapped alongside country churches like Sharpes Chapel and Hammond Ch. Cultural features of the early 1970s are also preserved, including a Drive-in Theater west of town and the Toombs County Lookout Tower to the south.