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1944 Map of Angola

Name: 1944 Topographic Map of Angola
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1944
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

The town of Angola serves as a central hub on this 1944 War Department survey, where three major rail lines—the Pennsylvania, Nickel Plate, and New York Central—converge to navigate the coastal terrain of Erie County. This wartime era documentation highlights a landscape transitioning from rural agricultural tracts to established lakeshore communities. The shoreline along Lake Erie is densely marked with summer settlements and public spaces, including the Buffalo Municipal Bathing Beach and the residential clusters of Angola on the Lake and Lake Erie Beach.

Inland, the topography is defined by the drainage systems of Big Sister Creek and Delaware Creek, which cut through the township of Evans. Local history is preserved in the detailed road network, featuring family and destination names like Delamater Road and Jerusalem Road. Small crossroads like Jerusalem Corners and Evans Center appear as they were before postwar suburban expansion, anchored by local institutions like the Church at Evans Center.