1947 Map of Mullins

About this map

Mullins and North Mullins anchor the eastern edge of this Marion County landscape, serving as a hub where the Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Line railroads intersect. The surrounding countryside is defined by an intricate network of Carolina bays—shallow, elliptical depressions such as Big Sister Bay, Maidendown Bay, and Tenmile Bay—that dictate the movement of local water through Smith Swamp and Back Swamp. This 1947 survey captures a rural social geography populated by numerous neighborhood institutions, including the Gapway Sch, Smith Swamp Sch, and Wise Chapel. For genealogists, the map is particularly valuable for its documentation of family-named sites and burial grounds like Smithy Cem, Waldon Cem, and Ammons Cem, many of which sit at the margins of the area's timbered wetlands and small agricultural clearings.