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2024 Map of Willacoochee

Name: 2024 Topographic Map of Willacoochee
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2024
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2024

About this map

The Willacoochee River and Alapaha River converge in this South Georgia landscape, defining the boundary between Berrien and Atkinson counties. The town of Willacoochee serves as the primary municipal center, showing a grid of streets like Main St and Atlantic Ave that reflect its development as a regional crossroads. The surrounding terrain is characterized by numerous swampy bays and low-lying watercourses, including the curiously named Meeting House Bay and Long Bay.

Local history is preserved through scattered burial grounds and rural landmarks, such as the Springhead United Methodist Church in the southeast. Genealogists can find evidence of early families in labels like the William Gaskins Cem and along rural routes like Burnell Gaskins Rd. Further south, the small settlement of Bannockburn sits along the riverbanks, illustrating the distribution of small communities across this coastal plain environment.