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1920 Map of Okatie

Name: 1920 Topographic Map of Okatie
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1920
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1920

About this map

Honey Hill Civil War Entrenchment stands as a prominent historical landmark in the northern reaches of this coastal landscape, situated near the transition between Jasper Co. and Beaufort Co.. The Lowcountry geography is defined by a dense network of tidal waterways, including the wide Broad River and the winding Okatie River, which carve out significant landmasses like Callawassie I. and Spring Island. The interior is marked by the expansive Great Swamp and a series of backwaters such as Belfield Back Water and Mt Pleasant Back Water.

Rail transport dictated the settlement patterns of the era, with the Atlantic Coast Line R. R. and the Seaboard Air Line connecting hubs like Ridgeland and Grahamville. Local commerce and transit are further evidenced by numerous river access points, including Cherry Point Landing, Coles Landing, and Fripps Landing, illustrating a period when water-based travel remained vital to the plantation and camp economies, such as at Good Hope Camp.