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1986 Map of Pond Branch

Name: 1986 Topographic Map of Pond Branch
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1986
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1986

About this map

The North Fork Edisto River carves a significant corridor through this South Carolina landscape, where the borders of Lexington, Aiken, and Orangeburg counties converge. The hydrology of the region is defined by a dense network of water-powered infrastructure, notably a series of millponds that speak to a legacy of local agricultural industry. Features such as Pooles Millpond, Jeffcoats Millpond, and Pooles Upper Millpond dominate the small drainage basins, while smaller family-named landmarks like Shumpert Pond and Culler Ponds dot the wooded terrain.

Several unnamed cemeteries are situated near these watercourses, providing essential clues for genealogists tracing families in the rural stretches between Pond Branch and Little Hollow Creek. The map also documents modern utility infrastructure, including a prominent Pipeline corridor, slicing through the traditional landscape of small creeks like Thrasher Br and Hunter Branch during the mid-1980s.