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1920 Map of Statesboro

Name: 1920 Topographic Map of Statesboro
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1920
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1920

About this map

Statesboro serves as the primary hub of this 1920 survey, showing the city's early development at the intersection of several significant rail lines, including the Savannah and Statesboro and the Midland Railway. The surrounding Bulloch County landscape is defined by a dense network of local institutions that have since evolved or moved, such as the Smith Allen Deaf School, Croatan School, and Alderman High School. These small school districts and country churches like Langston Chapel and Mt Pisgah Church reflect a highly decentralized agrarian society where community life was centered on these rural nodes.

Water plays a critical role in the geography, with the Canoochee River and Lotts Creek draining the terrain. Numerous small impoundments like Riggs Pond, Kennedy Pond, and Collins Pond suggest local industry or milling operations typical of the era. The presence of the Central of Georgia railroad connecting the settlements of Register and Pulaski further underscores the importance of rail transport in moving goods and people across the coastal plain during the early twentieth century.