1942 Map of Cedar Creek

About this map

The Santee River and the vast Santee Swamp dominate this lowcountry landscape on the border of Georgetown and Berkeley counties. The map captures a transition period in the mid-20th century, where the timber and agricultural lands of the Francis Marion National Forest meet the watery reaches of Wadmacon Island and Wadmacon Creek. Settlement is concentrated along the Seaboard Coast Line railroad, notably at Lambert, while river-dependent sites like Price Landing and Guilliard Lake hint at an older economy tied to the river's flow and the natural cutoff channels.