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1920 Map of Chestertown

Name: 1920 Topographic Map of Chestertown
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1920
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1920

About this map

Chestertown and Centerville anchor this 1920 military survey of the Eastern Shore, illustrating a landscape defined by its intricate peninsulas and landings. The map reveals a sophisticated maritime-dependent economy, with numerous family-named wharves and landings such as Vickers Whf, Learys Mill Whf, and Bogles Wharf dotting the shorelines of Langford Bay and the Chester River. These points served as vital interfaces between the agricultural interior and Chesapeake Bay shipping routes.

Transportation inland is marked by the Maryland and Delaware RR and the P B & W RR, which connect settlements like Kennedyville and Crumpton to larger markets. Distinctive geographic features such as Poplar Neck, Quaker Neck, and Eastern Neck I are meticulously detailed, showing the layout of early 20th-century Maryland before modern bridge networks altered traditional ferry and shipping dependencies.