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1955 Map of Tignall

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Tignall
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

The northern reaches of Wilkes County are defined by agricultural settlements and a network of rural education sites in the mid-1950s. At Tignall, the local Georgia Railroad line terminates near the Rosenwald High Sch, a significant marker of the era's educational landscape. The terrain is deeply etched by the Hog Fork Fishing Creek and its many tributaries, such as Anderson Mill Creek and Middle Creek, which separate small communities like Danburg, Sandtown, and Newford.

Evidence of the area's social infrastructure is seen in the frequent placement of country schools and churches, including Reeves Chapel Sch, Fishing Creek Ch, and Mulberry Sch. Further south, the map identifies the County Work Farm and a Fire Tower, indicating the county's administrative and protective presence in this largely rural interior. This 1955 survey captures the region just before the widespread consolidation of small rural schools changed the local social geography.