{"product_id":"old-map-of-south-carolina-1930-charleston-inset-columbia-greenville-railroads-highways-savannah-river","title":"Old Map of South Carolina, 1930: Charleston inset, Columbia, Greenville, railroads \u0026 highways, Savannah River","description":"\u003cp\u003eRand McNally standard map of South Carolina, issued in 1930, distills the state’s geography and movement into a lucid, color-keyed portrait of counties, cities, and routes. Each county is distinctly shaded, its seat crisply labeled, while the state capital, Columbia, anchors a finely balanced hierarchy of towns and transport. A comprehensive index to principal cities encourages effortless orientation, guiding the eye from coastal lowcountry communities through the Sandhills to the Blue Ridge foothills. Railroads and electric lines form an elegant web across this framework, their alignments threading mills, depots, and ports with the same clarity that defines borders and waterways. The result is a cartographic composition where beauty and utility reinforce one another—an authoritative snapshot of South Carolina poised between tradition and a modernizing transportation age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCreated by Rand McNally and Company—America’s preeminent commercial cartographer of the era—the map reflects a house style famed for disciplined linework, refined color washes, and orderly typography. In the 1920s and 1930s, Rand McNally embraced the realities of multimodal travel; this sheet belongs to that moment, when the firm paired state maps with a pocket tourist guide rich in companion views, from motor road maps to an airway map of the United States. Symbols and legends bring coherence to complexity: junctions and terminals, county seats and coastal hamlets, all resolved with an economy of sign that rewards close reading. The inset of Charleston and vicinity—long a Rand McNally specialty—serves as an exquisite focus for urban and harbor detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeographically, the map traces the state’s great organizing features: the Savannah River defining the western boundary; the Santee River system drawing together the Congaree, Saluda, and Broad; the Pee Dee coursing to the coast; and the Catawba and Wateree knitting the Piedmont uplands to the midlands. Counties step neatly from the Blue Ridge escarpment through textile country around Greenville and Spartanburg, across the midlands toward Columbia, then down to rice fields, marshes, and sea islands near Charleston. Cities and towns—Charleston, Columbia, Greenville, Rock Hill, Spartanburg, Anderson, Florence, Sumter, Aiken, and the fast-growing coastal resort of Myrtle Beach—are situated with precision against this physiographic scaffold. The palette of county tints, cross-hatched rail alignments, and measured coastal soundings deliver a richly layered sense of place and purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTransportation networks are the map’s animating thread. Railroads—Southern Railway, Atlantic Coast Line, Seaboard Air Line, Charleston \u0026amp; Western Carolina, and others—are listed and traced across the state, converging at strategic hubs: Columbia’s central position, Florence’s coastal-plain junction, Spartanburg and Greenville in the Upcountry, and the port of Charleston. Electric lines, notably the Piedmont \u0026amp; Northern system, underscore the era’s interurban ambitions. Major federal and state highways are plotted with care, tying mountain towns to mill villages, market centers, and harbors along routes such as the coastal corridor through Charleston and the midlands artery to Florence. Lighted and unlighted airways extend this web into the skies, linking South Carolina to the emerging national network of beaconed air routes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a 1930 artifact, the map captures South Carolina at a pivotal juncture—where the rhythm of rail commerce, the rise of motor travel, and the dawn of scheduled aviation briefly coexist in balance. The Charleston inset rewards scrutiny: the peninsula between the Ashley and Cooper Rivers, the harbor entrances and channels, rail yards, and adjoining communities are depicted with metropolitan finesse, illuminating how city, port, and hinterland interacted. For researchers, it pinpoints industrial corridors in the Piedmont, agricultural markets in the Pee Dee, and coastal trade funnels along the Atlantic. For collectors, it pairs Rand McNally’s celebrated clarity with a uniquely informative index and legend, offering a vivid, navigable portrait of a state on the move.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCities and towns on this map\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCharleston\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColumbia (state capital)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNorth Charleston\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMount Pleasant\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRock Hill\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreenville\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpartanburg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnderson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSumter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMyrtle Beach\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAiken\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlorence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotable Features \u0026amp; Landmarks\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDetailed outline boundaries for counties within South Carolina.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMajor cities indicated, including the state capital.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA network of railroads and electric lines illustrated throughout the state.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndexed list of railroads operating in South Carolina.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHighlighted county seats and towns.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInset map of Charleston, displaying its geographical features.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eU.S. Interstates, state and county highways clearly marked.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLighted and unlighted airways represented on the map.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistorical and design context\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1930 publication by Rand McNally and Company.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDetailed railroad map with color-coded state and county boundaries; indexed to principal cities.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaired with a pocket tourist guide featuring motor road and U.S. airway maps, plus folded color maps of railroads and air trails.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHighlights urban centers and multimodal transportation networks: highways, railroads, and air trails.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStatewide coverage of South Carolina, subdivided by counties and major cities.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntricate Rand McNally design emphasizing the political and physical landscape through clear, color-coded boundaries.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDocuments South Carolina’s transportation infrastructure in 1930, offering historical insight into the development of the state’s travel networks.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease double check the images to make sure that a specific town or place is shown on this map. You can also get in touch and ask us to check the map for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis map looks great at every size, but I always recommend going for a larger size if you have space. That way you can easily make out all of the details. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 70in (180cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eget in touch\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe model in the listing images is holding the 18x24in (45x60cm) version of this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fifth listing image shows an example of my map personalisation service.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you’re looking for something slightly different, check out my collection of the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/all-old-vintage-antique-maps\"\u003ebest old maps\u003c\/a\u003e to see if something else catches your eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003econtact me\u003c\/a\u003e to check if a certain location, landmark or feature is shown on this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis would make a wonderful birthday, Christmas, Father's Day, work leaving, anniversary or housewarming gift for someone from the areas covered by this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis map is available as a giclée print on acid free archival matte paper, or you can buy it framed. The frame is a nice, simple black frame that suits most aesthetics. Please get in touch if you'd like a different frame colour or material. My frames are glazed with super-clear museum-grade acrylic (perspex\/acrylite), which is significantly less reflective than glass, safer, and will always arrive in perfect condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Unique Maps Co.","offers":[{"title":"12x16in (30x40cm) \/ Map","offer_id":57828601659776,"sku":"UM00271475A","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12x16in (30x40cm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":57828601692544,"sku":"UM00271476A","price":146.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12x16in (30x40cm) \/ Framed canvas map","offer_id":57828601725312,"sku":"UM00271477A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"A3 (297x420mm) \/ Map","offer_id":57828601758080,"sku":"UM00271478A","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"A3 (297x420mm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":57828601790848,"sku":"UM00271479A","price":146.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"A3 (297x420mm) \/ Framed canvas 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