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1945 Map of Greenacres City

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

USGS Topo · Published 1968

About this map

Greenacres City occupies the northeastern corner of this landscape, reflecting early mid-century growth in Palm Beach County. The 1967 photorevisions, shown in purple, illustrate significant infrastructure development, most notably the path of the Sunshine State Parkway cutting vertically through the center of the sheet. This major transit corridor includes the Lake Worth Interchange, signaling the area's transition toward modern suburban connectivity.

Beyond the residential core, the map reveals a highly engineered environment of drainage and resource extraction. A complex network of levees and canals structures the low-lying terrain, while Borrow Pits near the parkway indicate the material needs of massive road construction. To the west, the land retains more of its natural character, punctuated by the Range Line road and the enigmatic label Convict, providing researchers with a detailed look at the rural-to-suburban transformation of the Florida interior.