1979 Map of Barnwell

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The Salkehatchie River and its expansive swampy bottomlands dominate this landscape, flanked by the railroad town of Barnwell and smaller rural nodes like Kline and Yenome. The mapping shows a transition from the structured street grid of the county seat — featuring the Guinyard-Butler Middle Sch and a State Fish Hatchery — to the dispersed agricultural and industrial sites of the surrounding Lowcountry. Traces of older river-based industry appear at Hagoods Mill on Toby Creek, while the presence of numerous small congregations, including Mt Lebanon Ch and Morris Chapel, suggests a landscape shaped by tight-knit rural communities. The rail network, featuring the Seaboard Coast Line and Southern tracks, remains the backbone of the region's 1970s economic geography, connecting local resources like the Claypit and Sand and Gravel Pit to wider markets.