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2024 Map of Cordesville

Name: 2024 Topographic Map of Cordesville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2024
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2024

About this map

The West Branch Cooper River and the industrial lineage of the Tailrace Canal define the landscape of this Berkeley County region. The map preserves the complex historical footprint of the area's plantation era, clearly marking the locations of the Chachan Plantation Cem, Lewisfield Plantation Cem, and Exeter Plantation Cem. These sites, along with the Biggin Church Graveyard, offer essential data for genealogists tracing family roots in the Lowcountry.

Evidence of early infrastructure is found in the traces of the Old Santee Canal, which once connected the Santee and Cooper rivers. The modern township of Moncks Corner contrasts with the more rural character of Old Cordesville and Cherry Hill. Much of the eastern terrain is protected within the Francis Marion National Forest, where drainages like Wadboo Creek and Cane Gully Branch feed into the surrounding swamp systems.