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1983 Map of Spartanburg

Name: 1983 Topographic Map of Spartanburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

Spartanburg is documented here as a thriving educational and regional hub during the early 1980s, characterized by a dense concentration of academic institutions including Wofford College, Converse College, and the Univ of S C Spartanburg. The landscape is a mix of established residential neighborhoods like Converse Heights and Saxon, industrial rail corridors including the Seaboard and Southern lines, and expanding suburban reaches such as West View and East Spartanburg.

To the south, Croft State Park offers a sharp contrast to the urban center, while the State School for the Deaf and Blind stands as a notable specialized landmark on the city's eastern edge. Waterways like Lawsons Fork Creek and Fairforest Creek wind through the topography, flanked by numerous local landmarks from the Northside Correctional Center to the Downtown Memorial Airport. Genealogical interest is found in the many church-affiliated cemeteries and family-named landmarks like the Seay Cem and Gravely Mem Ch.