The Hancock County seat of Sparta serves as the focal point for this survey of the Georgia Piedmont, showing the town's historic street grid and central administrative core. The landscape is defined by the headwaters of the Little Ogeechee River and its various tributaries like Beaverdam Cr, which once powered the local economy. A high concentration of family and denominational burial grounds, such as the Holsey Memorial Cem Number 1, Dixon Family Cem, and Sparta Catholic Cem, suggests a long-established pattern of settlement and local genealogy.
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1912 · Milledgeville
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1953 · Athens
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Athens
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1959 · Athens
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1960 · Warthen NE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1961 · Warthen NW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1963 · Athens
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1972 · Shoulderbone
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1972 · Sparta NW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1972 · Jewell
USGS Topo · 1:24,000