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1970 Map of Metter

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

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

The city of Metter serves as the focal point of this Candler County survey, where the Central of Georgia railroad cuts through the center of town. Civil life in the early 1970s is well-documented, from the Courthouse and City Hall to the Hospital and the local Drive-in Theater. Smaller, outlying settlements such as Ollifftown and Union anchor the surrounding rural landscape, which is heavily defined by a dendritic network of waterways including Fifteenmile Creek, Stocking Head Creek, and the Canoochee R along the southern border.

Local history and genealogy researchers will find a significant distribution of family-named landmarks and rural congregations. Small cemeteries like Olliff Cem, Dekle Cem, and Parrish Cem are scattered across the terrain, alongside historic gathering places such as Rosemary Ch and Sams Creek Ch. The presence of Paradise Lake and Cooks Pond further illustrates the integration of natural water features into the local community's geography.