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1983 Map of Wellford

Name: 1983 Topographic Map of Wellford
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

Industrial and agricultural life in Spartanburg County centers on the convergence of the North Tyger River, Middle Tyger River, and South Tyger River. This landscape is defined by the legacy of textile manufacturing at Jackson Mill and the community of Startex, where the river's path dictated the placement of mill works and worker housing. The northern territory around Cunningham remains more open, characterized by family-named landmarks and rural congregations like Upper Shady Grove Ch.

Transportation corridors including the Southern and Seaboard railroads serve as the primary axes for development, linking the established centers of Wellford and Lyman. Genealogists will find a wealth of local data in the numerous small burial grounds and churches, such as the Penny-McMillan Cem and Florence Chapel, which reflect the tight-knit social fabric of these Upstate South Carolina communities during the early 1980s.