1965 Map of New Ellenton

About this map

New Ellenton stands as the primary residential hub in this mid-1960s survey of Aiken County, developed in the shadow of the US Reservation Savannah River Plant. The landscape is a transition between suburban growth and industrial-scale land management, evidenced by the numerous claypits and sandpits that pockmark the terrain alongside extensive firebreaks and jeep trails. Local community life is anchored by a dense network of country churches and educational centers, including Talatha-Hawthorne Sch and Greendale Sch. The mapping of the US Reservation Boundary across the southern half of the sheet underscores the area's Cold War-era significance, where former settlements like Talatha and Johnson Crossroads sit at the edge of the Atomic Energy Commission's vast restricted territory. Hydrological features like Anderson Millpond and Chapman Pond provide a contrast to the geometric patterns of the plant's managed forests.