Cow Hell Swamp

Last updated

Cow Hell Swamp
Swamp
USA Georgia location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Cow Hell Swamp
Usa edcp location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Cow Hell Swamp
Coordinates: 32°39′12″N82°55′26″W / 32.65333°N 82.92389°W / 32.65333; -82.92389
Location Laurens County, Georgia
Part of Oconee River
Area
 • Total2.22 sq mi (5.7 km2)
Surface elevation53 m (174 ft)
[1]

Cow Hell Swamp (also called Cow Hell [2] ) is a swamp in the U.S. state of Georgia. [1] The swamp is located along the eastern bank of the Oconee River near the mouth of Buckeye creek in northern Laurens County, [2] [3] with a small portion of the swamp extending north into the southern portion of Johnson County. Cow Hell Swamp is on the opposite side of the Oconee River from Beaverdam Swamp, located on the western bank of the Oconee River. [4] Cow Hell Swamp has a surface area of approximately 2.22 sq mi (5.7 km2) and a surface elevation of 174 ft (53 m) above sea level. [1] The nearest town is Dublin, Georgia, the northernmost city limits of which is 9.3 mi (15.0 km) south of the swamp. [5]

The swamp was named Cow Hell by nearby residents because cattle that ventured into the swamp from nearby farms would frequently get stuck in the bogs. [6] [2]

Cow Hell Swamp is a dense bottomland hardwood forest swamp filled with a large number of bald cypress trees. [7] The nests of birds such as Eastern phoebes are often found in the swamp and its surrounding areas. [8] The swamp is often visited via kayaking, which is done through the swamp via the Oconee river. [7] [9]

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) mapping quadrangle that the swamp is contained in is also named Cow Hell Swamp. It includes parts of nearby Wilkinson [10] and Johnson counties. [11]

In the early 20th century, badly decomposed human remains were found in the swamp after a nearby farmer went missing while herding cows. The remains could not be identified and were buried in a nearby grave. [12]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Montgomery County, Georgia</span> County in Georgia, United States

Montgomery County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,610. The county seat is Mount Vernon.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oconee County, South Carolina</span> County in South Carolina, United States

Oconee County is the westernmost county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 78,607. Its county seat is Walhalla and its largest community is Seneca. Oconee County is included in the Seneca, SC Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC Combined Statistical Area. South Carolina Highway 11, the Cherokee Foothills National Scenic Highway, begins in southern Oconee County at Interstate Highway 85 at the Georgia state line.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Laurens County, Georgia</span> County in Georgia, United States

Laurens County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 49,570, up from 48,434 in 2010. The county seat is Dublin. The county was founded on December 10, 1807, and named after Lieutenant Colonel John Laurens, an American soldier and statesman from South Carolina during the American Revolutionary War.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jones County, Georgia</span> County in Georgia, United States

Jones County is a county in the central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,347. The county seat is Gray. The county was created on December 10, 1807, and named after U.S. Representative James Jones.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Baldwin County, Georgia</span> County in Georgia, United States

Baldwin County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, its population was 43,799. The county seat is Milledgeville, which was developed along the Oconee River.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Milledgeville, Georgia</span> City in Georgia, United States

Milledgeville is a city in and the county seat of Baldwin County in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is northeast of Macon and bordered on the east by the Oconee River. The rapid current of the river here made this an attractive location to build a city. It was the capital of Georgia from 1804 to 1868, including during the American Civil War. Milledgeville was preceded as the capital city by Louisville and was succeeded by Atlanta, the current capital. Today U.S. Highway 441 connects Milledgeville to Madison, Athens, and Dublin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bethlehem, Georgia</span> Town in the United States

Bethlehem is a town in Barrow County in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 715. The major employer in town is Harrison Poultry, which is the largest non-government employer in Barrow County.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ball Ground, Georgia</span> City in Georgia, United States

Ball Ground is a city in Cherokee County, Georgia, United States. The city was originally Cherokee territory before they were removed from the land and it was given to white settlers. A railroad was built in 1882 and a town was formed around the resulting railroad stop. The town was incorporated on January 1, 1883, and became an industrial-based economy largely centered around its marble industry until around the mid-20th century when the industries began to leave and the city started to decline. From 2000 onwards the city saw rapid growth; as of the 2020 census the city had a population of 2,560, which is over three times the city's population of 730 in 2000.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dublin, Georgia</span> City in Georgia, United States

Dublin is a city and county seat of Laurens County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 16,074.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Okefenokee Swamp</span> Wetlands in Florida and Georgia, USA

The Okefenokee Swamp is a shallow, 438,000-acre (177,000 ha), peat-filled wetland straddling the Georgia–Florida line in the United States. A majority of the swamp is protected by the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge and the Okefenokee Wilderness. The Okefenokee Swamp is considered to be one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Georgia and is the largest "blackwater" swamp in North America.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Altamaha River</span> River in Georgia, the United States of America

The Altamaha River is a major river in the U.S. state of Georgia. It flows generally eastward for 137 miles (220 km) from its origin at the confluence of the Oconee River and Ocmulgee River towards the Atlantic Ocean, where it empties into the ocean near Brunswick, Georgia. No dams are directly on the Altamaha, though some are on the Oconee and the Ocmulgee. Including its tributaries, the Altamaha River's drainage basin is about 14,000 square miles (36,000 km2) in size, qualifying it among the larger river basins of the US Atlantic coast.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Toccoa/Ocoee River</span> River in Georgia and Tennessee in the United States

The Toccoa River and Ocoee River are the names in use for a single 93-mile-long (150 km) river that flows northwestward through the southern Appalachian Mountains of the southeastern United States. It is a tributary of the Hiwassee River, which it joins in Polk County, Tennessee, near the town of Benton. Three power generating dams are operated along it.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Georgia State Route 10 Loop (Athens)</span> State highway loop around most of Athens, Georgia

State Route 10 Loop is a 19.1-mile-long (30.7 km) state highway in the form of a beltway around downtown Athens in the U.S. state of Georgia built to freeway standards. Much of SR 10 Loop is concurrent with other highways. It also carries the unsigned SR 422. The only numbered routes to travel through downtown Athens are US 78 Bus., SR 10, and SR 15 Alt. Inner/outer directions are used to sign the loop.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oconee River</span> River in the state of Georgia, U.S.

The Oconee River is a 220-mile-long (350 km) river in the U.S. state of Georgia. Its origin is in Hall County and it terminates where it joins the Ocmulgee River to form the Altamaha River near Lumber City at the borders of Montgomery County, Wheeler County, and Jeff Davis County. South of Athens, two forks, known as the Middle Oconee River and North Oconee River, which flow for 55–65 miles (89–105 km) upstream, converge to form the Oconee River. Milledgeville, the former capital city of Georgia, lies on the Oconee River.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Georgia State Route 24</span> State highway in Georgia

State Route 24 (SR 24) is a 221.8-mile-long (357.0 km) state highway that travels south-to-north in an S-shaped curve through portions of Bulloch, Screven, Burke, Jefferson, Washington, Baldwin, Putnam, Morgan, and Oconee counties in the east-central part of the U.S. state of Georgia. The highway connects Statesboro with the Watkinsville area, via Waynesboro, Louisville, Sandersville, Milledgeville, Eatonton, and Madison.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Georgia State Route 75</span> Highway in Georgia

State Route 75 (SR 75) is a 33.4-mile-long (53.8 km) state highway that travels south-to-north through portions of White and Towns counties in the northern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. It connects Cleveland and the North Carolina state line, via Helen, Macedonia, and Hiawassee.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Georgia State Route 31</span> State highway in Georgia

State Route 31 (SR 31) is a 166.9-mile-long (268.6 km) state highway that travels south-to-north through portions of Lowndes, Lanier, Clinch, Atkinson, Coffee, Telfair, Wheeler, Dodge, Laurens, and Johnson counties in the south-central part of the U.S. state of Georgia. The highway connects the Florida state line, south of Clyattville with Wrightsville, via Valdosta, Douglas, and Dublin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fair Play, South Carolina</span> Census-designated place in South Carolina, United States

Fair Play is a census-designated place located in Oconee County in the U.S. state of South Carolina. A small portion of the CDP extends into Anderson County. As of the 2020 census, the population of Fair Play was 704.

The Watkinsville lynching was a mass lynching that occurred in Watkinsville, Georgia, United States on June 30, 1905. The lynching, which saw a large mob seize 9 men from a local jail and kill 8 of them by gunfire, has been described as "one of the worst episodes of racial violence ever in Georgia."

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cow Hell Swamp
  2. 1 2 3 Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF) (1st ed.). Macon, Ga.: Winship Press. p. 53. ISBN   0-915430-00-2. OCLC   1482211. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
  3. ↑ Dolan, Duffy (January 10, 1993). "Lost in Cow Hell, looking for Hog Heaven". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . pp. B1. Archived from the original on January 10, 2023. Retrieved November 7, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "GA_Cow Hell Swamp". United States Geological Survey . 1974. Archived from the original on December 8, 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
  5. ↑ Google (December 7, 2022). "Dublin, Georgia to Cow Hell Swamp" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  6. ↑ Cook, Joe (2019). Oconee River user's guide. Athens, Georgia. p. 182. ISBN   978-0-8203-5391-3. OCLC   1057731770.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. 1 2 Welander, Suzanne; Sehlinger, Bob (2015). Canoeing & kayaking Georgia (2nd ed.). Birmingham, Alabama: Menasha Ridge Press. p. 277. ISBN   978-1-63404-006-8. OCLC   905450181. Archived from the original on January 10, 2023. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
  8. ↑ Patterson, Thomas K. (June–September 1996). "Recent Records in the Coastal Plain" (PDF). The Oriole: A Quarterly Journal of Georgia Ornithology. 61 (2 & 3): 51. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 31, 2022. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Paddle Georgia Kayaking/Canoeing & Camping on the Oconee River". Atlanta Outdoor Club. 2011. Archived from the original on December 7, 2022. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Georgia Aerial Photographs – Wilkinson County". United States Geological Survey . Archived from the original on December 8, 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Georgia Aerial Photographs – Johnson County". United States Geological Survey . Archived from the original on December 8, 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Gave Up Fruitless Search". The Atlanta Constitution . March 10, 1903. p. 5. Archived from the original on January 10, 2023. Retrieved November 7, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.