{"product_id":"old-map-of-edisto-island-south-carolina-by-usgs-1919-st-helena-sound-edisto-rivers","title":"Old Map of Edisto Island, South Carolina by USGS, 1919 – St. Helena Sound \u0026 Edisto Rivers","description":"\u003cp\u003eTitled “Edisto Island” and dated 1919, this U.S. Geological Survey topographical map presents the South Carolina sea-island landscape at a scale of 1:62,500, capturing a coastal world defined as much by water as by land. Edisto Island appears within a lacework of rivers, tidal creeks, marshes, barrier islands, and ocean approaches, with the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast and St. Helena Sound framing the broader maritime setting. The map records the region before the transformative pressures of later twentieth-century development, preserving patterns of roads, settlement, waterways, and cultivated ground as they were understood in the years just after the First World War. Its original title is elegantly direct, yet the geography it contains is intricate and historically layered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe U.S. Geological Survey brought to this map the disciplined visual language that made its quadrangles indispensable tools for engineers, planners, landowners, scientists, and travelers. Founded in 1879, the USGS became the nation’s authoritative mapper of terrain, standardizing the depiction of elevation, drainage, settlement, and transportation across the United States. Here, that scientific precision is applied to one of the Lowcountry’s most subtle landscapes, where small changes in elevation can determine patterns of habitation, agriculture, and flood vulnerability. Contour lines, hydrographic detail, and color-coded land distinctions work together to make the coastal plain legible, translating marsh, island, river, and road into a coherent cartographic portrait of a dynamic tidal environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdisto Island itself is the central presence, but the map’s fascination lies in the surrounding archipelago of places and passages: Jehossee Island, Little Edisto Island, Kings Island, the North and South Edisto Rivers, the Saltketcher River, and the broad reaches leading toward St. Helena Sound. This is a geography of transition, where freshwater rivers broaden into estuarine channels before meeting the sea. The map reveals how communities and routes clustered on firmer ground while waterways served as natural corridors through a landscape of marsh and creek. Such detail evokes an older Lowcountry rhythm, shaped by tides, ferries, farms, fishing, and the enduring influence of riverine access.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistorically, Edisto Island occupies a distinctive place in South Carolina’s coastal story. Long inhabited before European colonization, the island later became part of the plantation world of the Carolina Lowcountry, associated with rice, cotton, and complex systems of land and water management. By 1919, the map records a landscape still deeply rural, its settlement patterns reflecting older agricultural estates, roads, and isolated communities rather than modern resort development. The island’s later reputation for natural beauty and ecological significance is foreshadowed in the map’s emphasis on creeks, sounds, marshlands, and undeveloped shorelines. It offers a valuable view of the coast at a moment when historic land uses and natural systems remained closely intertwined.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCartographically, the appeal of the map lies in its restrained but richly informative topographical style. Color is used not decoratively but analytically, distinguishing landforms and surface conditions while contour lines trace the modest elevations of the coastal plain. In a mountainous region, relief might dominate; here, the drama is subtler, found in shorelines, river mouths, marsh edges, and the delicate separation of island from island. The result is a refined scientific image of a place where geography is fluid and exactness matters. For collectors, historians, and admirers of the South Carolina coast, “Edisto Island” is both an elegant USGS production and a compelling historical record of a changing Lowcountry landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCities, towns and places on this map\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEdisto Island\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJehossee Island\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLittle Edisto Island\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKings Island\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNorth Edisto River\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSouth Edisto River\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSaltketcher River\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSt. Helena Sound\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAtlantic Ocean\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVarious smaller waterways and landforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAssociated land shapes and roads\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHistorical context \u0026amp; cartographic details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduced by the US Geological Survey (USGS)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical 1:62,500 topographical map dated 1919\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShows Edisto Island in South Carolina and the surrounding coastal area\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFeatures a color-coded topographical relief style\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUses contour lines to indicate changes in elevation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHighlights waterways, an important feature of the coastal South Carolina landscape\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReflects early 20th-century geographic knowledge of the region\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCaptures the area before significant later urban development\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides insight into historical land use, waterways, roads, and residential patterns\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEdisto Island is noted for its natural beauty, rich history, and ecological significance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLooking for a particular place?\u003c\/strong\u003e Review the detailed images to confirm that the town, landmark or feature you have in mind appears on the map. If you are unsure, \u003ca target=\"”_blank”\" href=\"\/fr\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eask our workshop to check before you order\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDetailed 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 50in (125cm). 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