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1958 Map of Cumberland Island South

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Cumberland Island South
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

Cumberland Island remains a landscape defined by its isolated coastal character and maritime infrastructure in the late 1950s. The western shoreline is deeply indented by the Brickhill River and Cumberland Sound, where specialized landings like Plum Orchard Wharf and Dungeness Wharf provide the primary access to the island's interior estates. The southern end of the sheet is dominated by the Kings Bay Army Terminal, signaling the strategic military importance of these deep-water channels and the Intracoastal Waterway.

Smaller settlements and family-named sites such as Stafford and Greyfield are scattered along the central ridge, buffered from the Atlantic Ocean by a series of freshwater bodies like Sweetwater Lake and Johnson Pond. The presence of an Old House and several Cem locations suggests a long history of habitation predating the mid-century mapping. This survey captures the transition of the island from private estate use toward the large-scale federal presence at Kings Bay.