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1944 Map of Mobile

Name: 1944 Topographic Map of Mobile
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1944
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

Mobile serves as the focal point for this mid-century coastal survey, illustrating the city's complex industrial and transit network just as wartime production peaked. The urban core is tightly gridded, bounded by the Mobile River and the bustling waterfronts of Blakeley Island and Pinto Island. Infrastructure such as the Bankhead Tunnel and Cochrane Bridge show the vital road links across the delta, while the Gulf Mobile and Ohio RR and Louisville & Nashville RR dominate the logistics of the port.

Beyond the city center, the landscape transitions into established residential and institutional grounds like Spring Hill College and the Visitation Convent. Significant genealogical resources are noted throughout the periphery, from Magnolia Cemetery to smaller communities such as Theodore and Irvington. Waterways like Dog River and Halls Mill Creek define the southern drainage, while defensive history remains visible at Battery Gladden and Battery McIntosh in the bay.