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1957 Map of Sumter East

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Sumter East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1958
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1958

About this map

Sumter is depicted during a period of significant mid-century growth, with the city's eastern expansion bounded by the intricate drainage systems of Rocky Bluff Swamp and Green Swamp. The urban center is dense with educational and social institutions, ranging from Morris College and the Crosswell Home to a wide array of neighborhood facilities like Edmunds High Sch and Savage Glover Sch. The infrastructure of the era is clearly visible, including the Sumter Bypass noted as being under construction, which signaled the shifting transportation patterns of the late 1950s.

Outside the city limits, the landscape transitions into a network of rural crossroads and family settlements. Locations such as Quinns Crossroad and Whites Pond Crossroad anchor the farming communities to the north, while numerous family burial grounds like White-Dick Cem and Brogden Cem are scattered across the terrain. The presence of the Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Line railroads underscores the city's enduring role as a regional transit hub, even as new highway developments began to reshape the outskirts.