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1949 Map of Canton

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Canton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1949
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1949

About this map

Lower Alloways Creek and the tidal salt marshes of the Delaware Bay shoreline dominate this mid-century coastal survey. The landscape is defined by an intricate network of waterways, including Mad Horse Creek and Stow Creek, which snake through expansive wetlands like Newport Meadows and Grandad Meadows. Small farming and fishing hamlets are scattered along the higher ground, notably Canton, Harmersville, and Garrison Corner.

Evidence of local industry and infrastructure is visible at Maskell Mill and the Greenwich Airport, while an Abandoned RR near Bay Side hints at changing transportation patterns in Salem and Cumberland Counties. This map documents a period when rural schoolhouses like Canton Sch and Bacons Neck Sch still anchored their respective communities amidst a geography of necks and points such as Stathems Neck and Arnold Point.