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1972 Map of Smithboro

Name: 1972 Topographic Map of Smithboro
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

The Oconee National Forest dominates much of this landscape in the early 1970s, where the winding course of Murder Creek and its many tributaries, including Wolf Creek and Jack Creek, carve through the terrain. The small settlement of Smithboro serves as a central point of reference, situated near the headwaters of the North Fork and South Fork streams. Evidence of the region's rural infrastructure is visible in the corridor of the Central of Georgia railroad and the network of local paths like Beaverdam Creek Road.

Genealogists and local historians can locate community landmarks such as Reids Chapel and several unnamed cemeteries scattered across the countryside. The presence of a Radio Tower and Water Tank near the settlement indicates the utility development of the era, while the boundary between Jasper Co and Putnam Co runs through the eastern portion of the forest, marking the intersection of these two rural Georgia counties.