1949 Map of Duford

About this map

Duford and Floyds Crossroads anchor this rural landscape in Horry County during the mid-20th century, where the local economy and social life are clearly delineated by a network of country schools and churches. The map highlights the transition from traditional planetable topography to modern aerial revisions, capturing a terrain defined by distinctive "bays" or elliptical depressions such as Big Bay, Alligator Bay, and Cartwheel Bay. These wetland features, interspersed with drainages like Gapway Swamp and Jordan Creek, dictated the placement of early settlements and family cemeteries.