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1956 Map of Ben Davis Point

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Ben Davis Point
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1990
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1990

About this map

Back Neck and the surrounding coastal marshlands of Fairfield define this mid-century survey of the Delaware Bay shoreline. The landscape is dominated by a complex network of tidal guts and creeks, including Lawrence Creek and the meandering Cohansey River, which separates Bacons Neck from the islands to the west. Small coastal outposts like Sea Breeze and Husted Landing provide rare points of human settlement amidst the sprawling Green Swamp.

Navigational markers such as the Cohansey Inner Lt and Cohansey Outer Lt offshore from Cohansey Pt highlight the importance of maritime traffic in this era. The map records a fragile environment of points and coves, from Pier Point to the namesake Ben Davis Pt, where the land meets the bay. These details offer a precise look at the drainage patterns and shoreline morphology before late 20th-century environmental changes.