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2019 Map of Exum

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Exum
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

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The Green Swamp dominates this landscape in Brunswick County, creating a mosaic of wetlands and "bays" that have long defined local navigation and settlement. Distinctive landforms such as Horse Pen Ridge and the Bear Pen Islands rise above the saturated terrain, while numerous named depressions like Alligator Bay, Bee Island Bay, and Good Luck Bay illustrate the unique pocosin geology of the North Carolina coastal plain.

Small rural communities and family landmarks are scattered along the periphery of the swamp, including the settlements of Exum, Makatoka, and Big Neck. Genealogists can locate the Griffin Cem and Milligan Cem situated near the Mill Branch settlement. The drainage patterns of the Wet Ash Swamp and Mulberry Br flow toward the coastal community of Shallotte, showing how these interior wetlands transition toward the Atlantic coast.