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1973 Map of Tarversville

Name: 1973 Topographic Map of Tarversville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

Tarversville serves as the central hub of this Middle Georgia landscape, situated at the intersection of rural routes and the Southern railroad line. The settlement pattern is defined by family-named landmarks and rural congregations, reflecting a deeply rooted agricultural community in the early 1970s. Numerous cemeteries such as Beckham Cem, Sanders Cem, and Vaughn Cem are scattered across the terrain, often adjacent to local houses of worship like the Greater New Hope Ch and Mt Olive Ch.

A network of watercourses including Richland Creek and Savage Creek carves through the topography, feeding into larger bodies like Hendrick Pond and Larson Pond. Educational and industrial markers such as the Twiggs County South Sch and a local Claypit indicate the social and economic foundations of the area. The map also documents the transition between Twiggs and Bleckley counties, marked by the flow of Shellstone Creek.