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1977 Map of Osierfield

Name: 1977 Topographic Map of Osierfield
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

The Seaboard Coast Line railroad cuts diagonally through this South Georgia landscape, passing through the small community of Osierfield. This 1970s era documentation reveals a rural environment structured around water and family heritage, where the headwaters of Dicksons Mill Creek and Wiggins Creek feed into the Seventeen Mile River. The map shows a high concentration of local landmarks that anchor the community, including numerous country churches such as New Bethel Ch and Poplar Spring Ch.

Genealogists will find significant value in the distribution of family-named burial grounds like Dicksons Cem, McMillan Cem, and Tucker Cem. The presence of Dicksons Millpond suggests the site's earlier industrial reliance on water power. These details, alongside the county boundaries for Ben Hill, Irwin, and Coffee, provide a clear view of the area's social and physical organization before modern development changed the local footprint.