2020 Map of Lodge

About this map

The Little Salkehatchie River and its myriad tributaries, including Willow Swamp and Dry Br, form the primary geographic character of this South Carolina Lowcountry landscape. Small rural communities like Lodge and Ashton are central to the region, which is marked by a network of local roads such as Buttermilk Rd and the Cantaloupe Belt. For genealogists and local historians, several burial sites are recorded, including Bethany Cem, Lodge Cem, and Ashton Cem, often situated near family-named landmarks like Horse Bay or the Shiloh Plantation Airport. The transition from the town center of Ehrhardt to the more dispersed settlements of Caldwell and Colleton illustrates a traditional agricultural settlement pattern that persists even into the twenty-first century, anchored by the swamp-and-creek drainage system of the Bamberg and Colleton Co borderlands.