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1918 Map of Walterboro

Name: 1918 Topographic Map of Walterboro
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1918
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1918

About this map

Walterboro serves as the focal point of this Colleton County landscape, where the Atlantic Coast Line railroad and the ST George Road intersect in a region defined by its expansive wetlands. The sprawling Great Swamp and Remick Swamp dominate the central terrain, necessitating critical crossings like Mielers Ford and the Ivanhoe Bridge. This era's infrastructure is marked by a dense network of country schools and churches that anchored rural life, from the Bedon's School to the Catholic Hill settlement.

The map reveals a distinctive pattern of named crossroads such as Rhodes Crossroads, Smokes Corners, and Bluehouse Corners, which acted as local landmarks before modern highway systems. Along the Ashepoo River and its tributaries like Horseshoe Creek, the proximity of bridges and crossings such as Ashepoo Crossing highlight the historic reliance on river-and-rail connectivity for the transport of timber and agricultural goods through the Lowcountry.