2013 Map of Exum

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The low-lying coastal plain of Brunswick County defines this landscape, where early 21st-century settlement patterns are dictated by the intricate drainage systems of Alligator Swamp and the S Prong Wet Ash Swamp. Small communities and family-named locales are dispersed throughout the region, including Exum, Makatoka, and Big Neck. The area's agricultural and timber heritage is evident through local identifiers like Ludlum Pasture and Horse Pen Ridge, as well as the naming of Sawdust Rd. This U.S. Geological Survey record reveals a network of rural roads such as Myrtle Head Rd NW and Big Neck Rd NW that connect isolated homesteads and settlements like Piver and Head o' th' Forks across a terrain dominated by meandering waterways like Juniper Cr and Mill Br.