1978 Map of Oliver

About this map

The Central of Georgia railroad corridor anchors this late-1970s survey of Screven County, following a northwest-southeast path through a landscape defined by its wetlands and river branches. The small town of Oliver sits at the junction of this rail line and the Ogeechee River, marking a critical point where the borders of Screven, Bulloch, and Effingham counties meet. The interior is characterized by numerous water bodies like Cyphus Pond and the depressions of Mobley Bay, punctuated by established community anchors such as St Johns Ch, Faith Temple, and Williams Chapel. This period shows a rural environment transition as a modern pipeline cuts across the traditional topography, bypassing older settlements like Stalco, Halcyondale, and the community of Newington in the northeast. The map provides clear evidence of the local extraction economy through several identified Gravel Pits located near the railway and river basin.