1958 Map of Pocatalico

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Guthrie Air Force Station and the rising development of the northern Charleston suburbs define this late 1950s landscape. While the southern edge of the map shows the emerging neighborhoods of Edgewood and Edgewood Acres, the interior remains a complex network of ridges and hollows carved by the Pocatalico River and its many tributaries like Tupper Creek. The industrial footprint of the era is evident in the Strip Mines and numerous oil wells scattered across the terrain, indicating a landscape transitioning between traditional extraction and postwar residential growth.