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2011 Map of Congaree

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Congaree
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Logues Cemetery and the elevated Eastover Lookout Tower anchor this Richland County landscape, where rural communities are defined by an intricate network of creeks and small impoundments. The terrain is a mosaic of family-named water features like Jordans Pond, Morrells Pond, and Haithcock Pond, many of which are regulated by numbered dams. This hydrological pattern suggests a history of local land management and agricultural water use across the drainage basins of Cedar Creek and Toms Creek.

Settlement clusters such as Horrel Hill, Bruner, and Congaree are connected by a web of local routes including Old Leesburg RD and Mount Elon Church RD. These roads bypass larger developments to reach quiet locales like Deer Ridge Farms and Pinewood. The map details the transition from the southern edges of Swandale toward the open drainage of Dry Branch and Cabin Branch, offering a view of South Carolina's Midlands before further suburban expansion changed the character of these rural outposts.