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1955 Map of Pritchardville

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Pritchardville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

St Matthews Ch and a nearby Lookout Tower stand along the inland roads of the Lowcountry in this mid-century survey of the South Carolina coast. The landscape is defined by the complex tidal network of the May River and New River, where extensive Abandoned Rice Fields signify the region's agricultural transition. To the south, the Cooper River meanders toward Daufuskie Island, its banks dotted with small landings like Good Hope Landing and Glasgow Landing.

Genealogists will find a wealth of local markers, from the clusters of Bluffton Cems to isolated burial sites like Shad Cem and Moreland Cem. Small settlements such as Pritchardville and Pritchard are linked to the wider region by the Seaboard Coast Line railroad. This map captures a specific moment before modern coastal development, when the river-and-marsh economy still dominated the geography around Palmetto Bluff and Hoophole Island.