1944 Map of Mobile

About this map

The Mobile waterfront and its complex delta system define this landscape during the mid-1940s, showing a city deeply integrated with the Mobile River and the surrounding coastal marshlands. The industrial and maritime character of the era is evident at Pinto Island and the Quarantine station on Sand Island, while the city’s landward growth is marked by institutions like Spring Hill College and the Visitation Convent. Inland, the map captures the transition from the urban grid to outlying settlements like Crichton and Theodore. The rail infrastructure of the Gulf Mobile and Ohio and the Southern railroads highlights Mobile's role as a critical Gulf Coast transportation hub. Of particular note for local historians is the detailed layout of the Magnolia Cemetery and the presence of numerous neighborhood schools and churches, such as St Marys Ch and St Edwards Ch, which anchor the various residential districts of the period.