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1968 Map of Youngblood

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Youngblood
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1970
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1970

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The Conecuh River marshlands dominate the central basin of this Pike County landscape, where the river's broad floodplains are fed by Beeman Creek and Double Branch. The area’s transportation history is clearly etched by two primary rail systems: the Seaboard Coast Line running east toward the outskirts of Troy, and the Central of Georgia passing through the southern portion near Hephzibah. These corridors fostered small rural nodes like Shellhorn and Youngblood, the latter situated near the eponymous Youngblood Lake.

Genealogists will find a high density of rural religious and burial sites, including Old Lebanon Ch, Hales Chapel, and Greene Hills Memorial Cem. This 1968 field survey also captures the local aviation infrastructure at Troy Municipal Airport and industrial footprints like the Quarry near the Central of Georgia tracks, illustrating a mid-century economy transition from traditional river-and-rail dependencies to modern utility and transport.