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2011 Map of Sardis

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Sardis
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

The settlement of Sardis serves as a central point in this rural Florence County landscape, where agriculture and hydrology define the community structure. The terrain is deeply influenced by the meandering Lynches River and its accompanying wetlands, including Sparrow Swamp and Deep Hole Swamp. These water systems create a distinct pattern of road development, with numerous family-named junctions such as Sansbury Crossroads and Sparrows Crossroads appearing where travel routes skirt the lowlands.

Genealogists and local historians can find significant landmarks preserved on this map, including Sansbury Hill Cemetery and the Sparrow Swamp Cemetery. The presence of McKay Airport and the Hudson Bridge crossing highlights the area's transportation evolution, while the network of unpaved roads and branches like Magnolia Branch and Bay Branch reveals the fine-grained geography of the South Carolina coastal plain at the start of the 2010s.