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2022 Map of Tabor City West

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Tabor City West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

The borderlands of the Carolinas are defined here by a dense network of blackwater drainages and Carolina bays, centered on the diagonal boundary between Columbus County and Horry County. Settlement patterns follow the higher ground between these wetlands, with Tabor City anchoring the eastern edge of the sheet. To the northwest, the small community of Cherry Grove sits near a cluster of family burial grounds, including the Lovett Cem and Coleman Cem, illustrating the deep-rooted genealogical history of this rural landscape.

The hydrology of the Coastal Plain is prominent, with named features like Gapway Swamp, Iron Springs Swamp, and Mitchell Swamp channeling water through the timbered lowlands. Unique landforms known as bays, such as Huggins Bay and Wolf Pen Bay, pockmark the terrain, often separated only by thin ridges carrying local roads like Fair Bluff Hwy. In the southern portion of the map, the settlement of Green Sea marks a traditional crossroads, surrounded by numerous small watercourses like Mill Branch and Skeebo Br.