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1951 Map of Middletown Anchorage

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Middletown Anchorage
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1952
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1952

About this map

Lake Landing and the coastal waters of Pamlico Sound define this early 1950s survey of the Hyde County shoreline. The map focuses heavily on the maritime geography of Middletown Anchorage, where depth soundings and underwater contours trace the submerged profile of Gibbs Shoal. This area represents a critical intersection of land and water, where the intricate network of inlets such as Middletown Creek, Back Creek, and Long Tree Creek provided natural drainage and navigation for the surrounding wetlands.

Interesting hydrographic details are rooted in much older data, with soundings derived from 19th-century surveys conducted between 1858 and 1877. This reliance on historic maritime data suggests a relatively stable seafloor in these shallows, even as the terrestrial landscape at Gibbs Point and around Oyster Cr was updated using 1948 aerial photography. Small navigational aids like a Light and recorded Piling structures indicate the active, if quiet, coastal usage of the mid-century era.