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1945 Map of Delta

Name: 1945 Topographic Map of Delta
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

About this map

Loxahatchee Slough dominates this 1945 landscape, captured during a period of significant infrastructure development in Palm Beach County. The vast wetland network is bisected by the Seaboard Air Line railroad, which runs diagonally through the terrain. The small settlement of Delta is positioned along this rail corridor, serving as a lonely outpost in the marshy interior.

Infrastructure revisions from 1967 introduce the modern footprint of the Sunshine State Parkway, which cuts a north-south path across the eastern portion of the sheet. This layering of eras highlights the transition from a rail-dependent rural landscape to one defined by the burgeoning Florida highway system, complete with a marked Tollgate and a remote Landing Strip. The map provides a precise look at the hydrology and early transport corridors before suburban expansion reached this section of the Florida interior.