1919 Map of Charleston

About this map

Charleston is depicted here at a critical moment of harbor fortification and early 20th-century urban expansion, framed by the wide confluences of the Cooper River, Ashley River, and Wando River. The city's maritime defenses are prominently featured, with Castle Pinckney National Monument on Shutes Folly Island, Fort Johnson at the harbor entrance, and the landmark Fort Sumter to the southeast. North of the main city grid, the landscape transitions into a series of historically significant burial grounds, including Riverview Cem and Magnolia Cem, alongside settlements like Fivemile House and Sixmile House. The map captures the industrial and logistical backbone of the era through the heavy presence of the Atlantic Coast Line, Seaboard Air Line, and Southern railroads, which linked the peninsula to points north through Ashley Junction Horse Pond P.O. and Sevenmile.