The original USGS title, “Easley,” dates from a 1957 survey and was published in 1958, preserving a revealing mid-century portrait of Georgetown, South Carolina, and its surrounding waterways. Drawn at the practical 1:62,500 scale, the map belongs to the great American tradition of federal topographical mapping: precise, data-rich, and quietly elegant. It captures a landscape in transition, where historic coastal settlement, river corridors, wooded tracts, agricultural land, and expanding roads are all brought into a single visual system. For collectors, its appeal lies not only in its cartographic clarity, but in the way it records Georgetown’s geography at a moment when postwar development was beginning to reshape the Lowcountry.

The U.S. Geological Survey brought to this map the disciplined visual language that made its quadrangles indispensable to engineers, planners, hikers, teachers, and historians. Contour lines give structure to the terrain, while waterways, roads, settlements, and land-cover distinctions create an unusually legible portrait of place. The green and white palette, characteristic of USGS topographic design, separates wooded areas and open ground with calm precision. Rather than dramatizing the landscape, the map lets information accumulate: every bend in a river, every road junction, every rise and depression becomes part of a larger geographical narrative. It is both a scientific document and a refined piece of mid-century American cartographic design.

Georgetown anchors the map’s historical interest, standing near an intricate meeting of rivers and lowland routes that have shaped the region for centuries. The Waccamaw River, Black River, and Sampit River form a watery framework around the city, recalling the importance of navigation, trade, rice culture, timber, and coastal access in the development of South Carolina’s Lowcountry. Roads and highways trace the newer mobility of the 1950s, linking older riverine patterns with the automobile age. The surrounding parks, wooded areas, agricultural fields, and residential neighborhoods reveal a layered geography: part natural environment, part working landscape, part growing urban fringe.

As a late-1950s topographical record, the map offers a valuable baseline for understanding environmental and urban change. Its depiction of forests, farms, neighborhoods, and transportation corridors allows modern viewers to compare the Georgetown area before later waves of suburban expansion, infrastructure growth, and ecological management. The presence of contour lines and land-cover information is especially important in a coastal region where drainage, elevation, wetlands, and river access all influence settlement. Even modest shifts in terrain matter here, and the USGS treatment makes those subtleties visible. The result is a map that speaks to conservation history as much as to geography.

The charm of this sheet lies in its balance between technical authority and regional atmosphere. Georgetown’s historic setting, the branching rivers, the wooded tracts, and the carefully plotted roads all evoke a South Carolina landscape poised between old coastal patterns and modern development. The map does not merely show where places are; it shows how they relate—town to river, field to forest, neighborhood to highway, elevation to water. For anyone drawn to Southern history, Lowcountry landscapes, or the enduring beauty of USGS topography, “Easley” offers a richly detailed view of a place and period captured with remarkable cartographic restraint.

Cities, towns and places on this map

• Georgetown
• Easley
• Waccamaw River
• Black River
• Sampit River
• Roads and highways
• Parks and wooded areas
• Agricultural land
• Residential neighborhoods
• Hilly terrain indicated by contour lines
• Possible historical sites, though specific landmarks are not delineated

Historical context & cartographic details

• Published by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
• Created in 1957 and published in 1958
• Historical 1:62,500 topographical map incorporating 1957 survey data
• Shows Georgetown, South Carolina, and surrounding areas
• Georgetown is a coastal city notable for historic sites and proximity to waterways
• Uses a green and white color palette to show elevation and land-cover types
• Includes contour lines and water features to help interpret the terrain
• Reflects late-1950s geography, land development, urban growth, and environmental change
• Represents the USGS tradition of detailed topographical mapping for land use, conservation, and geographic education

Looking for a particular place? Review the detailed images to confirm that the town, landmark or feature you have in mind appears on the map. If you are unsure, ask our workshop to check before you order.

Detailed maps are especially rewarding at larger sizes, where names, boundaries and decorative features have more room to be appreciated. Use the close-up preview and size guide to choose the right scale for your wall.

This map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 50in (125cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please get in touch.

The model in the listing images is holding the 16x20in (40x50cm) version of this map.

Where personalisation is available, you can add a short title or dedication, mark one meaningful place, or request one considered visual detail. See personalised map examples.

Every piece is printed to museum-grade archival standards using fade-resistant pigment inks on acid-free matte paper. Choose an unframed map print, framed map or canvas using the finish options above. Framed maps use crystal-clear optical acrylic and arrive ready to hang.

With its rich detail and strong sense of place, this map makes a considered gift for a new home, anniversary, retirement or anyone with a personal connection to the area shown. Still deciding? Explore our collection of rare old and vintage maps to discover another place, period or style.

This map is also available as a float framed canvas, sometimes known as a shadow gap framed canvas or canvas floater. The map is printed on artist's cotton canvas and then stretched over a handmade box frame. We then "float" the canvas inside a wooden frame, which is available in a range of colours (black, dark brown, oak, antique gold and white). This is a wonderful way to present a map without glazing in front. See some examples of float framed canvas maps and explore the differences between my different finishes.

For something truly unique, this map is also available in "Unique 3D", our trademarked process that dramatically transforms the map so that it has a wonderful sense of depth. We combine the original map with detailed topography and elevation data, so that mountains and the terrain really "pop". For more info and examples of 3D maps, check my Unique 3D page.