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1970 Map of Metter

Name: 1970 Topographic Map of Metter
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1986
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1986

About this map

The city of Metter serves as the focal point of this 1970s landscape, where the Central of Georgia railroad intersects with a growing street grid that includes a Courthouse, City Hall, and a local High School. The surrounding terrain is defined by a network of slow-moving coastal plain waterways, most notably Fifteenmile Creek and the Canoochee River in the south. These drainage patterns influenced early settlement, visible in the distribution of family-named landmarks and rural outposts such as Ollifftown and Union.

Genealogists will find significant detail in the numerous rural burial sites and congregations scattered throughout the countryside, including Rosemary Church, Olliff Cemetery, and Thain Cemetery. The map also documents mid-century cultural features like the Drive-in Theater and the local Hospital, illustrating the community's evolution during the late 20th century while maintaining its agrarian foundations near Paradise Lake and Cooks Pond.