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1971 Map of Diggs

Name: 1971 Topographic Map of Diggs
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

Diggs and Osborne sit along the path of the Seaboard Coast Line railroad as it cuts through the borderlands between North Carolina and South Carolina. This rural landscape in Richmond and Marlboro counties is defined by its watercourses and small community centers. To the west, the Pee Dee R marks the county line, while inland, a network of drainages including Marks Creek and Whites Creek flow through the timbered terrain. Numerous country churches and cemeteries, such as Pleasant Grove Ch, St Stephens Cem, and Whites Creek Ch, serve as the primary anchors for the scattered local population.

Transportation patterns are highlighted by the presence of the Old Wire Road in the southeast, a historic thoroughfare tracing back to early communications infrastructure. Nearby, the landscape includes recreational and utilitarian features like a Golf Course and a Lookout Tower atop Ballast Ridge. The transition from the flatlands near Everetts Lake to the more varied elevations of the ridges provides a clear view of the regional topography just before the mid-1970s.