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1943 Map of Adrian

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Adrian
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1962
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1962

About this map

The Atlantic Coast Line railroad cuts through this rural landscape of Horry County during the early 1940s, connecting small communities like Adrian and Allen. The map reveals a highly decentralized settlement pattern typical of the era, where daily life was anchored by local institutions such as Pleasant Union Ch, Mt Aerial Ch, and a network of neighborhood schools including Poplar Hill Sch and Homewood Sch.

Wetlands and waterways dominate the physical geography, with Brown Bay and the extensive Chinners Swamp dictating the placement of roads and homesteads. Local movement is focused around junctions such as Baker Crossroads, Baxter Forks, and Poplar Forks. An Old Railroad Grade in the southwest corner suggests an earlier era of timber extraction or transit that had already begun to fade into the landscape by the time of the 1943 planetable surveys.