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1918 Map of Kiawah Island

Name: 1918 Topographic Map of Kiawah Island
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1918
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1918

About this map

Kiawah Island is depicted here as a coastal wilderness just as the War Department and U.S. Geological Survey collaborated to map this section of the South Carolina coast during the First World War. The landscape is primarily characterized by woods and brush, with Avenue Road serving as one of the few formal terrestrial markers on the island. The survey emphasizes the intricate shoreline where the Kiawah River separates the main island from Johns Island to the north.

Finer details of the coastal geography are visible along the eastern edge, including Sandy Point and several smaller inlets and creeks like Bass Cr. Notable landmarks such as Eagle Point and Cinder Point define the northern banks of the island. The bathymetric contours shown offshore in the Atlantic Ocean provide an early 20th-century view of the maritime approaches to these islands before modern development transformed the shoreline.