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2014 Map of Elgin

Name: 2014 Topographic Map of Elgin
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2014
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2014

About this map

The Richland and Kershaw County border serves as a central axis for this detailed 2014 survey, highlighting the suburban and rural developments northeast of Columbia. The town of Elgin is the primary hub, surrounded by residential clusters like White Hills, Pinewood Heights, and Blaney Hills. This area, once known as Blaney before its renaming, shows a landscape defined by its many drainages and small reservoirs, including Lotts Mill Pond, R W Cokers Pond, and Tucker Lake.

Transport corridors like US-1 and the regional rail lines bridge the varied topography between Cedar Springs in the north and Pontiac in the southwest. Numerous family-named landmarks and smaller settlements like Jeffers Place and Tupelo Creek are scattered throughout, providing a clear view of local land use as the region transitioned from its agricultural roots toward modern residential patterns. Notable water features like Twentyfive Mile Cr and Spears Cr weave through the terrain, influencing the layout of local roads.