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1971 Map of Shoals Junction

Name: 1971 Topographic Map of Shoals Junction
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

Shoals Junction serves as the focal point of this rural Upstate landscape, where the Southern Seaboard Coast Line railroad creates a corridor of connectivity across the Abbeville and Greenwood County line. The area is defined by its deep network of creeks, including Long Cane Creek and Turkey Creek, which weave between small settlements and rural crossroads like Arborville and Central-Shiloh.

Genealogists will find significant local landmarks such as Gilgal Cem and Old Gilgal Cem, alongside several country churches like Mt Lebanon Ch and Mose Chapel. The map reveals the expansion of Due West and Donalds during the early 1970s, showing a transition from purely agrarian land use to more structured residential patterns, while the southern reaches remain largely under the canopy of the Sumter National Forest.