1978 Map of Waynesville

About this map

The Satilla River meanders through this portion of Georgia, defining a landscape dominated by riverine oxbows and expansive wetlands like Seals Bay and Brailey Swamp. Settlement centers on Waynesville and Atkinson, where the Seaboard Coast Line railroad dictates the local geometry of the land. Further south, the former path of industry is marked by an Old Railroad Grade cutting across the terrain toward Linda Plantation. For local historians and genealogists, the map is remarkably dense with family-named landmarks and rural burial grounds, including Wiggens Cem, Highsmith Cem, and the Pilgrims Rest Cem Ch. The presence of several Indian Mounds and the Ammons Ferry crossing suggests layers of long-term human activity along the river's shifting banks, from early indigenous sites to the era of river-based transport and plantation agriculture.