Rare Old Map of Georgetown, South Carolina by USGS, 1957: Waccamaw, Black & Sampit Rivers
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The original USGS title, “Easley,” dates from a 1957 survey and was published in 1958, preserving a revealing mid-century portrait of Georgetown,...
Continue readingThe 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.
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.
Many of our maps and art prints are chosen as thoughtful gifts for homes, offices, studies and meaningful places.
Choose a framed option for the easiest ready-to-hang gift, or choose an unframed print if the recipient may prefer to select their own frame.
We make orders locally in 23 countries around the world, so gifts can often be produced close to the recipient. This helps them arrive faster, travel more safely, and avoid customs or import duty surprises.
- We can deliver directly to the recipient
- Framed pieces arrive ready to hang
- Unframed prints are carefully packed in a strong protective tube
- Almost every order is made locally, for faster, safer gifting
- 90-day returns give the recipient time to decide
If you are not sure what to choose, please contact us. We can help you pick the right map, size, finish or delivery option.
Most orders are made locally and delivered in around 2–3 working days, depending on the product, size and destination.
We print and frame maps and artwork in 23 countries around the world, so your order is usually made close to you or your recipient. That means faster delivery, less time in transit, and no customs or import duty surprises.
Personalised and customised pieces usually take an extra 1–2 working days, because we prepare your design and send it to you for approval before printing.
Very large framed orders can take a little longer, as they need extra care in production and delivery.
Every order is carefully packaged: unframed prints are sent in a strong protective tube, while framed pieces are securely packed with protective materials around the frame.
If you need your order by a particular date, please contact us before ordering. We’ll check the best production route and delivery option for your location.
Express delivery is available at checkout for most countries. Next-day delivery is available in the UK, US, Singapore and the UAE.
Your order is covered by our 90-day returns policy and 10-year guarantee.
Our standard frame is a gallery-style black ash hardwood frame, with a simple, modern look. It is approximately 20mm (0.8in) wide. You can also view some lovely customer photos of framed maps and art.
We use super-clear acrylic glazing, also known as Perspex or Acrylite, instead of traditional glass. It is lighter, safer, and has lower reflectivity, giving the artwork a clearer, cleaner appearance.
Six standard frame colours are available at no extra cost: black, dark brown, dark grey, oak, white, and antique gold. Custom framing and mounting/matting is also available for customers looking for something more specific.
Most maps, art prints, and illustrations are also available as a framed canvas. We use matte cotton canvas, stretch it over a sustainably sourced wooden box frame, and then float the piece within a wooden outer frame. The finished result is beautifully presented, with no glazing between you and the artwork.
All frames are supplied ready to hang, with either string or brackets fitted to the back. Very large frames will include heavy-duty hanging plates and/or a mounting baton. If you have any questions, please get in touch.
We can also supply old maps and artwork on canvas, foam board, cotton rag, and other materials.
If you would prefer to frame your map or artwork yourself, please read our size guide before ordering.
Every Unique Maps piece begins with an authentic cartographic source or an original design from our London studio.
For our historic maps, we source rare originals from libraries, archives, auction houses and private collections around the world. We carefully restore each map for print—repairing age-related damage, balancing colour and improving clarity while preserving its original detail, texture and character.
Once restored, the map is prepared for your chosen size and finish. Your piece is then printed and, where selected, framed close to its delivery destination.
Our map prints use acid-free 200gsm archival matte paper and fade-resistant pigment inks, creating a rich, non-glossy finish designed to last. Framed maps use crystal-clear optical acrylic and arrive ready to hang.
Canvas, cotton-rag and other specialist presentations are also available. Learn more about our materials and finishes.
Personalising your map
You can add a short title or dedication, mark one meaningful place, or request one considered visual detail. For personalised designs, we send a proof before printing and you can request changes before approval.
For more complex bespoke commissions, contact our design team.
Original or Aged
Choose Original for true-to-source colour, or Aged for a warmer, richer antique character created with our specialist ageing process. See examples of our Aged maps.
We’ve been restoring and producing maps and art prints since 1984, and we stand behind every piece.
Every order is covered by our 10-year guarantee and damage-free delivery guarantee. If your piece arrives damaged, we’ll replace or remake it free of charge. If anything else isn’t right, contact our workshop team and we’ll put it right promptly.
See our returns and refund policy for full details.
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