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1954 Map of Long Branch

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Long Branch
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1956
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1956

About this map

Fort Monmouth and Camp Charles Wood dominate the central landscape of this mid-century survey, reflecting the area's significance as a military and signals intelligence hub. The coastal corridor between Sea Bright and Monmouth Beach remains a narrow strip of development vulnerable to the Atlantic, while inland, the suburban expansion of Red Bank, Little Silver, and Shrewsbury is clearly underway. The map documents a complex aquatic geography defined by the Navesink River and Shrewsbury River, which carve out numerous points and necks like Gooseneck Point and Horseneck Point.

Transportation networks of the era are well-represented, from the New York & Long Branch RR to the nascent Garden State Parkway. Local history is preserved in the detailed marking of sites such as the Red Bank Hebrew Cemetery, the Beth Miriam Church in Elberon, and the Hollywood Golf Course. This record of Monmouth County's transition shows the shift from older settlements like Tinton Falls and Cooks Mills toward the modern suburban and military landscape of the 1950s.