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1943 Map of Trio

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Trio
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

Trio serves as a central hub in this landscape, where the Seaboard Coast Line railroad cuts through the low-lying swamps of Williamsburg County. The map reveals a land dominated by large, distinct bays—depressions in the Atlantic coastal plain—such as Wittee Bay, Alligator Bay, and Ricefield Bay. These features, alongside Spring Valley Swamp and Murray Swamp, dictate the placement of local infrastructure, forcing settlements and roads onto higher ground like Big Ridge and Cross Bay Ridge.

Local history is preserved in the location of the St John Ch and accompanying St John Sch near the northern border, while Suttons and Wittee Sch anchor the southwestern corner. The presence of Faircloth Plantation and scattered corner settlements like Cook Corner and Martin Corner reflect the agrarian distribution typical of South Carolina's lowcountry during the mid-20th century. Topographic data from 1943, combined with 1973 revisions, provides a look at this drainage pattern before significant modern alterations.