Orangeburg Maps

The City of Orangeburg

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Orangeburgh 1735

This is a composit map with the Orangeburgh 1735 town plan overlying a modern topographic map. Amelia, Broughton, and Windsor Streets were used to align the town plan to the modern map. Also included are locations for some of the original land grants along the Edisto River -- including that of Heinrich Rickenbacher. The grants were mapped from the original plats.

Orangeburg 1891

This map was published in the Times & Democrat on May 30, 1965. It shows that Orangeburg was still a very small town in 1891 with little development north of Amelia Street or south of Glover Street.

The Orangeburg Area

These maps all cover approximately the same area -- the original parishes of Amelia, Orangeburg, and Saxe Gotha. In modern terms, they extend from Cayce/Columbia in the north to just below Rowesville in the south.

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De Brahm 1757

A Map of South Carolina and a Part of Georgia

The original map is composed of 4 sheets, each 24 x 26 1/2. The scale is about 1" = 5 miles. This small segment of the northwest sheet shows the Amelia, Orangeburgh and Saxe Gotha Parishs. A portion of St. George Parish is at the botom in green and a corner of Fredericksburg Parish is at the top in red. Click on the thumbnail to see this map segment at approximately half scale.

The complete map may be viewed at the Historical Maps Archive of The University of Alabama.

Mouzon 1775

An Accurate Map of North and South Carolina With Their Indian Frontiers

The original map is composed of 4 sheets, each 28 1/4 x 19 7/8. The scale is about 1" = 8 2/3 miles. The most commonly used map of North and South Carolina during the Revolutionary War. Click on the thumbnail to see this map segment at approximately two-thirds scale.

Mills 1825

Atlas of the State of South Carolina

This is a segment from the Mills Atlas map of South Carolina. This map is a reduced version of Wilson's State Map of 1821.

USGS 1999

This is a modern topographic map of the Orangeburg area. This image was prepared using Delorme 3D TopoQuad software.

Topographic maps may be accessed online at TopoZone.com.