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2020 Map of Branchville South

Name: 2020 Topographic Map of Branchville South
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2020
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

Branchville and the winding Edisto River anchor this South Carolina landscape at a point where five county lines—Orangeburg, Bamberg, Colleton, and Dorchester—converge. The river’s path is marked by crossing points like Fitts Bridge and the Sandy Island Bridge, tracing a swampy corridor through the Lowcountry terrain. This survey reflects a predominantly rural character, where small clusters of settlement like Farrell Crossroads are linked by a web of local roads such as Freedom Rd and Miley Rd.

For local historians and genealogists, the map is particularly detailed in its recording of family-named burial sites. Numerous cemeteries are scattered throughout the countryside, including the McAlhany Cem, Buckhead Cem, and the hyphenated May - Stokes - Raysor Cem. Along the Southern border, small water bodies like Brickhouse Br and Steedley Br feed into the river system, illustrating the intricate drainage patterns of the coastal plain forest.