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1943 Map of Walterboro

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

USGS Topo · Published 1943

About this map

The town of Walterboro serves as the focal point for this wartime South Carolina coastal plain survey, situated where the Atlantic Coast Line railroad and several arterial roads converge. The surrounding landscape is defined by the complex drainage of the Ashepoo River and Horseshoe Creek, where the low-lying terrain is punctuated by small settlements like Hendersonville and Ritter. A dense network of community infrastructure appears in the rural outlying areas, including Great Swamp Ch, Catholic Hill, and Liveoak Cemetery.

Transport patterns are deeply rooted in the river-and-rail economy, evidenced by names like Ashepoo Crossing and Millers Ford. The map identifies numerous local schools and churches that anchored rural life in the 1940s, such as Mashawville Sch and Cypress Pond Ch. This level of detail offers a clear view of the Colleton County interior before modern highway expansion altered the traditional road junctions at Rhodes Crossroads and Smokes Corners.