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2014 Map of Midway

Name: 2014 Topographic Map of Midway
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2014
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2014

About this map

The South Fork Edisto River snakes through this portion of the South Carolina Lowcountry, defining much of the boundary between Orangeburg and Bamberg counties. Near the river's winding path, small historic communities like Canaan and Midway are anchored by local landmarks such as Canaan Cem and Emanuel Cem. The landscape is a network of water and drainage, featuring the Isaac Jennings Canal and extensive swamp systems like Snake Swamp, Cooper Swamp, and Dry Swamp.

Transportation corridors are central to the area's layout, with Us-78 passing through the settlement at Midway while Cannon Bridge Rd connects the rural interior across the river at Cannon Bridge. To the southeast, the settlement of Embree sits near where the river forks join to form the main Edisto River. This map captures a landscape where family-named roads like Blewer Rd and Wray's Rd provide access to traditional rural homesteads and agricultural tracts.