
Cooktown lies at the crossroads of the southeastern corner of this Wilkinson County landscape, where the local boundary meets the Wilkinson and Laurens county line. The terrain is defined by a dense network of tributaries including Cedar Creek, Walnut Creek, and Maiden Creek, which carve through the wooded hills. For genealogists and local historians, the sheet is notably dense with small family and community burial grounds. These sites, such as Red Level Cem, Leona Payne Cem, and Thomas Dupree Cem, are scattered along rural routes like Old Macon Rd and Stuckey Rd. The presence of Halls Lake and Knights Pond further illustrates the hydrology of this rural Georgia district, where the settlement pattern remains tied to high ground above the many creek branches.
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1916 · Irwinton
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1920 · Irwinton
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1956 · Gordon
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1956 · Jeffersonville
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1957 · Macon
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Macon
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1964 · Macon
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1973 · Massey Hill
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1973 · Irwinton
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1973 · Toomsboro
USGS Topo · 1:24,000