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1958 Map of Belle Meade

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Belle Meade
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1988
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1988

About this map

Henderson Creek winds through the southwestern coastal wetlands of Collier County, providing a transition from the inland hammocks to the labyrinthine waters of Rookery Bay and Hall Bay. This landscape, surveyed in the late 1950s with late 1980s updates, reveals the early suburban footprints of East Naples and the secluded settlement at Belle Meade. The presence of Old Marco Junction and the nearby Marco Island Airport highlights the region's mid-century shift toward aviation and tourism-driven accessibility.

Notable landforms such as Rattlesnake Hammock stand above the surrounding lowlands, while several islands including Halloway Island, Shell Island, and Umbrella Island dot the complex shoreline of Johnson Bay. This coastal geography, mapped from 1950s planetable surveys and aerial photography, captures the intricate relationship between the developing road network and the sensitive Floridian estuarine environment before modern expansion reshaped the coast.