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1954 Map of Gulfport North

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Gulfport North
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

The Illinois Central railroad cuts south through the piney woods toward the Mississippi Sound, anchoring a corridor of growth from Lyman and Nugent down to the coastal hub of Gulfport. This mid-century landscape is defined by the transition from the protected timberlands of the De Soto National Forest to the industrial and naval infrastructure near the shore. The 1970 photorevisions reveal the expansion of residential patterns around Handsboro and Mississippi City, as well as the developing Gulfport Airport.

Along the winding waters of Bernard Bayou and Turkey Creek, the map details a community fabric of small schools and churches like the Orange Grove Sch and Wayside Ch. To the east, the Biloxi River system remains relatively unencumbered, winding through Coley Island and Shallow Point before reaching the sound. The presence of the U S Naval Reservation and the Veterans Hospital underscores the significant federal footprint in Harrison County during this era.