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1940 Map of Florence West

Name: 1940 Topographic Map of Florence West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Florence serves as the hub of this 1940-era landscape, where the Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line railroads converge amidst a network of rural crossings. The survey captures the transition from the growing urban center to the agricultural hinterlands, marked by institutions like the Peedee Agricultural Experiment Sta and the Tuberculosis Sanitarium. To the southwest, Timmonsville anchors a region defined by intricate drainage systems including Sparrow Swamp and the Lynches River.

A dense network of named crossroads, such as Alexander Crossroads and Cusac Crossroads, indicates the social and economic structure of the Pee Dee region before modern highway expansion. Local landmarks like Muldrow Mill and numerous country churches, including China Grove Ch and Howard Chapel, provide essential reference points for genealogists. The presence of the County Farm and multiple local schools like Savannah Grove Sch further illustrates the civic layout of the period.