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1945 Map of Brandywine

Name: 1945 Topographic Map of Brandywine
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1945
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1945

About this map

Cheltenham School for Boys and the extensive Cedarville State Forest define this 1940s landscape in southern Prince George's County. The era's institutional and military presence is evident at the US Naval Reservation and the nearby USC & GS Mag Observatory. Settlement patterns cluster around the Popes Creek Branch of the railroad, which services the community of Brandywine and its surrounding heights.

A network of country roads connects rural parishes and local education centers, including the Church of Incarnation, St Pauls Ch, and the Brandywine School. The boundary between Prince George's and Charles counties is clearly delineated as it passes through the forested interior, while watercourses like Mattawoman Creek and Piscataway Creek drain the undulating terrain. This map captures the region's character just as wartime infrastructure intersected with long-standing tobacco-growing communities like Baden and Horsehead.