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Over 7,000 acres (28 km2) of forests remain. These are hardwoods and loblolly and longleaf pine. Although the majority has not been timbered since Baruch's purchase, some harvesting was done in 1944 and 1945 to support war mobilization. Portions of the King's Highway remain as a dirt road from near Highway 17 to Frasers Point on Winyah Bay south of the Hobcaw House Complex.

Bellefield Airport was constructed for two planes used by Belle Baruch. The field was leased to the US Army in 1942 for the war effort.

The ruins of many of the former plantation houses remain including Alderly, Bellefield, Marietta, Friendfield, Masters, and Donaldson. There are ruins of seashore houses. Some of these were shown in the 1825 Mill's Atlas of South Carolina.

Portions of the Friendfield Plantation Rice Mill remain. The brick building with chimney and a winnowing house were probably built in the 1870s.

There are Confederate fortifications at Frasers Point that were built in 1862 and equipped with light artillery in 1864. The troops and goods left Waccamaw Neck prior to the advance of the Union Army.

There are old cemeteries including the Calais Cemetery at Frasers Point, the Fairfield or Donaldson Cemetery, the Alderly Cemetery, and the Marietta/Bellefield Cemetery.

As of 2013 salt marshes have slightly expanded at the expense of forest due to rising sea levels as encroaching sea water kills trees.

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