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1972 Map of Gadsden

Name: 1972 Topographic Map of Gadsden
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

The Congaree Swamp National Monument dominates this landscape, preserving a dense network of meandering waterways and oxbow lakes where the Congaree River forms the boundary between Richland and Calhoun counties. The hydrological complexity is evident in features like Old Dead River, Weston Lake, and Mullers Big Lake, which are remnants of the river's shifting course through the floodplain.

Upland from the swamp, the settlement of Gadsden serves as a local hub along the Southern railroad line. The map reveals a community structured around its faith and education, documented by the Gadsden School and numerous rural houses of worship including Damascus No 2 Ch, Mt Moriah Ch, and St Marks Ch. Smaller settlements like Weston and family-named landmarks such as Geigers Pond and Sikes Pond provide specific points of interest for those tracing the social geography of the South Carolina Midlands during the mid-to-late twentieth century.