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1949 Map of Mansfield

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Mansfield
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

About this map

Bogue Sound serves as the central geographic divide on this coastal sheet, separating the mainland settlements of Mansfield and Morehead City from the barrier island communities of Atlantic Beach and Pine Knoll Shores. The mainland landscape is characterized by its rail and river connectivity, featuring the Atlantic and East Carolina railroad corridor and the wetlands of Hall Swamp. Near the sound, local sites like St Marks Chapel and Camp Morehead speak to the area's mid-century community life.

The Bogue Banks reflect a transition from the preserved Theodore Roosevelt Natural Area and the N.C. Marine Resources Center to residential developments. Traces of the maritime economy are evident at Willis Landing and along the Intracostal Waterway, which cuts through the sound towards the Newport River. This 1949 survey, with its early 1980s photorevisions, documents the expansion of recreational and coastal infrastructure between the Atlantic Ocean and Onslow Bay.