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2016 Map of Tabor City East

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Tabor City East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

The borderlands of Columbus County and Horry County are defined by a network of bay and swamp systems, most notably the wide reach of Grissett Swamp and Beaver Dam Swamp. At the center of this agricultural and wetland landscape, Tabor City sits alongside East Tabor, serving as a hub for the surrounding settlements of Vinegar Hill, Ironhill, and Roseland. The map reveals a high density of family burial grounds scattered throughout the rural countryside, including McPherson, Hinson, and Cribb cemeteries, which offer valuable data points for genealogists researching the families of southeastern North Carolina.

Water plays a critical role in the geography here, with Lake Tabor providing a focal point near the town center while various "bays" — large elliptical depressions typical of the region — such as Big Bay, Strouds Bay, and Torry Bay segment the terrain. These features, along with the numerous "branches" like Graveyard and Simons, illustrate the complex drainage patterns that historically influenced the placement of roads like Old Stake Road and settlements like Cribb Town.