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1953 Map of Longs

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

USGS Topo · Published 1953

About this map

Waccamaw River winds through the heart of the coastal plain, defining a landscape of extensive wetlands such as Simpson Creek Swamp and the Shallotte area. This 1953 reprint of earlier 1940s surveys reveals a rural South Carolina and North Carolina borderland where water and timber dictated the layout of human activity. The presence of the Old RR Grade cutting through the Bug Hill district suggests a legacy of logging or transport that had already transitioned by the mid-century.

Small communities and gathering places like Longs, Little Town, and Brooksville anchor the road network, which includes historic thoroughfares like Pireway Road and Worthams Cutoff. Local life is recorded through numerous rural institutions, from Buck Creek Church and Ebenezer Sch to the Worthams Ferry crossing. These features provide essential data for tracing family lands and vanished local landmarks in the lowlands along Little River.