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1951 Map of Clemson

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Clemson
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1952
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1952

About this map

Clemson Agricultural College serves as a central landmark in this 1951 study, showing the campus before the creation of major reservoirs fundamentally altered the surrounding river valleys. The landscape is defined by the winding course of the Seneca River and its confluence with Twelvemile Creek and Eighteenmile Creek. These waterways, along with the Southern railroad line, historically dictated the placement of settlements like Central, Calhoun, and Pendleton.

Local heritage is deeply visible through several historic markers and religious sites, including the Old Stone Ch and Lawrence Chapel, alongside the Treaty Oak Monument and Hopewell-Keowee Monument. In the northern uplands, the Issaqueena Lookout Tower overlooks Lake Issaquéena, while scattered rural schools such as Mt Tabor Sch and Abell Sch reflect the educational geography of the mid-century Piedmont region before rural school consolidation.