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1948 Map of Abbeville East

Name: 1948 Topographic Map of Abbeville East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1948
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1948

About this map

Abbeville serves as the focal point for this late 1940s study, which details the rural landscape as it transitions into the eastern Sumter National Forest. The eastern reaches of the town include the County Training Sch and the Abbeville Pumping Station, illustrating the community's mid-century infrastructure and educational footprint. To the east, the terrain is defined by the winding course of Long Cane Creek and its many tributaries like Curtail Creek, which supported industrial sites such as Millers Mill.

The map reveals a dense network of country schools and churches that once anchored these Piedmont communities, including Smithville Sch, Pine Burr Sch, and Mt Calvary Ch. Transportation in this era was dominated by the Seaboard Air Line railroad and local landmarks like Davis Airport. Numerous family burial grounds, such as Aiken Cem and Big Adams Cem, provide specific points of interest for those researching local lineage and old settlement patterns near Darraugh.