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1972 Map of Saylors Lake

Name: 1972 Topographic Map of Saylors Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

The Congaree River carves a sinuous path through this South Carolina landscape, creating a mosaic of oxbows and wetlands including Roundabout Lake and Goose Pond. The terrain is characterized by the low-lying river valley and the higher ground to the south, where the community of Sandy Run sits along the road network. This 1972 revision shows a rural area where social life and genealogy are anchored by numerous small country churches and family burial grounds, such as Mt Zion Ch and Bethel Cem.

Several clay pits appear in the southern portion of the map, indicating local resource extraction in Calhoun and Lexington counties. Geographically distinct landforms such as Green Hill Mound and the swampy thickets of Devils Orchard provide notable landmarks. The proximity of Mullers Big Lake and Mullers Little Lake along the river bottomlands highlights the importance of the floodplain in shaping local property lines and land use.