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1979 Map of Foreston

Name: 1979 Topographic Map of Foreston
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1991
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1991

About this map

Black River Swamp dominates the eastern half of this Clarendon County landscape, where the Pocotaligo River meets a network of wetlands and namesake "bays" characteristic of the South Carolina Coastal Plain. This 1970s-era topography illustrates a rural economy centered on the Seaboard Coast Line railroad, which connects the small settlement of Foreston with Wilson to the west. The map is particularly rich for genealogists, documenting a high density of rural religious centers including Live Oak Ch, Kings Chapel, and St Michaels Ch near Conyers Bay.

Unique geological features known as Carolina Bays—elliptical depressions such as Little Junkyard Bay, Guise Bay, and Tiger Bay—are clearly delineated across the southern sections. Notable landmarks like the Foreston Lookout Tower and the Cypress Fork Crossroads provide specific points of reference for those tracing family property or old transport routes like Coleman Road through the bottomlands.