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1953 Map of Fort Jackson North

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Fort Jackson North
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1957
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1957

About this map

The northern reaches of the Fort Jackson Military Reservation dominate this landscape during the early 1950s, a period of significant growth for the Columbia suburbs. Residential expansion is evident in the emerging neighborhoods of Forest Acres, Alta Vista, and Carver Heights, where new streets contrast with the older rural patterns of Dents and Weddell. The map highlights a concentration of institutional and recreational sites, including the South Carolina Sanatorium and the Sesqui-Centennial State Park, established just over a decade prior to this survey.

Water plays a central role in the area's development, with Gills Creek and Crane Creek feeding numerous man-made features like Forest Lake and Careys Lakes. These water bodies, along with the Forest Lake Club, illustrate the mid-century shift toward suburban leisure and managed landscapes. Industrial traces remain, such as the Brick kilns near the Southern Railway, pointing to the local materials that built the surrounding capital city.