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1964 Map of Jacksonville Beach

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Jacksonville Beach
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

About this map

Mayport Naval Station anchors the northern reaches of this coastal landscape, where the Intracoastal Waterway carves through a complex network of marshes and tidal islands like Crying Child Island and Seven Pines Island. The survey documents the intense mid-century development of the barrier islands, showing the expanding street grids of Atlantic Beach, Neptune Beach, and Jacksonville Beach before they fully merged into a continuous urban corridor.

Inland from the dunes, residential growth is seen pushing into the wetlands with neighborhoods like Holiday Harbor and Isle of Palms South emerging along Pablo Creek. The map preserves important local landmarks for genealogists and historians, including the Warren Smith Cemetery, Fletcher High School, and the older riverside settlement of San Pablo. The transition from the coastal resorts to the wilder Cedar Swamp and Boggy Branch to the west illustrates the rapid transformation of the Duval County shoreline during the post-war era.