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1954 Map of Lakewood

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Lakewood
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

The Lakewood area of the mid-1950s is defined by the convergence of the North Branch and South Branch Metedeconk Rivers. This landscape is centered on the established community near Lake Carasaljo and Lake Manetta, where institutions like Georgian Court College and Clifton Ave Sch anchored the town's social fabric. The arrival of the Garden State Parkway and State Highway 70 began transforming the rural pinelands and small hamlets like Seven Stars and Lanes Mills into a more connected suburban corridor.

Detailed 1970s revisions, shown in purple, illustrate the rapid southward expansion toward Cedarwood Park and the developments near Silver Bay. The map captures the transition from an economy once tied to the Central Railroad of New Jersey to one shaped by modern highway access. Local history is preserved in the numerous cemeteries like Woodlawn Cem and Mt Sinai Cem, along with older settlements such as South Lakewood and Pleasant Plains.