1956 Map of Sargent

About this map

Okefenokee Swamp dominates this mid-century landscape, where the border between Georgia and Florida is defined by the vast wetlands of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. The map reveals a remote environment of named depressions and water bodies, including White Arm Bay, Moorehead Bay, and Sapp Prairie. Human activity is concentrated along the Southern railroad line, which cuts a straight path through the swampy terrain. Small, isolated outposts like Sargent and Ewing appear as rare points of habitation in an area otherwise characterized by the dense, wet thickets of Pinhook Swamp and Double Run Swamp. The presence of the Watson Line offers a glimpse into historical land surveying and boundary disputes in this difficult-to-navigate terrain during the mid-1950s.