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1972 Map of Pennington

Name: 1972 Topographic Map of Pennington
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

The Flint River carves a winding path through this corner of Central Georgia, where the boundaries of Macon, Sumter, and Dooly counties meet. Extensive strip mines dominate the landscape west of the river, marked by complex excavation patterns and industrial waste ponds near the Central of Georgia railroad line. This industrial activity contrasts with the agricultural and commemorative character of the surrounding land, which includes the eastern edge of the Andersonville Nat Hist Site.

Family and community history is deeply etched into the terrain through numerous small burying grounds and places of worship, such as Tolen Cem, Norris Cem, and the St James-Pennington Ch. Traces of earlier eras persist in the naming of Chamblis Mill on Mountain Creek and the Indian Mounds located south of the small settlement at Pennington. The network of Stagecoach Road and local creeks like Sweetwater Creek and Hogcrawl Creek further define the rural geography of the early 1970s.