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1942 Map of Blakeley

Name: 1942 Topographic Map of Blakeley
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1942
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1942

About this map

Blakeley sits at the confluence of the Tensaw River and Apalachee River, its military history etched into the terrain with Civil War Trenches and the Kings Battery overlooking the delta. This 1942 survey captures a landscape of complex waterways and tidal marshes, including Chacaloochee Bay and Big Bateau Bay, before the later decades of shoreline development. To the south, The Village and Park City border Mobile Bay, providing a view of early coastal settlement patterns.

Transportation corridors like the Old Spanish Trail and the Cochrane Bridge span the marshes of Blakeley Island, connecting the rural east bank to the larger coastal region. Notable local landmarks like Live Oak Ldg and Johns Log suggest a community deeply tied to the river and timber resources, while the presence of the Blakeley Cem and D'Olive Cem serves as a record for genealogists tracing the early families of Baldwin County.