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1958 Map of Ladson

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Ladson
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1980
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1980

About this map

The Ashley River snakes along the southern edge of this coastal landscape, passing the famed grounds of Magnolia Gardens and the industrial activity near Lambs. At the end of the 1950s, this area north of Charleston was undergoing significant expansion, as indicated by the sprawling footprint of the Charleston Air Force Base and new residential developments like Midland Park and Ashley Heights. The map highlights the intersection of the historic river-based economy with modern defense and rail networks, including the Southern Railway and the Seaboard Coast Line corridors.

Local history is deeply etched into the terrain via landmarks like the colonial-era St James Goose Creek Ch and several small burial grounds such as Cherry Hill Cem and Olive Cem. The water system is anchored by the Goose Creek Reservoir, while industrial sites like the Ashley Phosphate works and Strib Mine reveal the region's extraction history. These layers of data capture a period when rural schoolhouses and established gardens were being integrated into the growing suburban and military infrastructure of North Charleston.