1943 Map of Chicora

About this map

The Francis Marion Tomb serves as a historic anchor for this Berkeley County landscape, which is defined by the complex hydrology of the Santee River and early infrastructure like the Santee Canal. In this era before the full realization of the Santee Cooper project, the map reveals a terrain of extensive swamp basins and depressions known as bays, such as Pigeon Bay and Bulltown Bay. The settlement pattern is largely rural and dispersed, with community life centered on numerous small institutions like St Lukes Ch, Jerusalem Ch, and the Whitebridge Sch.