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2016 Map of Moriches

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Moriches
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

Fire Island National Seashore anchors the southern edge of this Long Island survey, where the Atlantic Ocean meets the barrier beach and the waters of Moriches Bay. Further inland, the residential grids of Shirley, Mastic, and Center Moriches show the dense suburban development patterns that define this era. The Long Island railroad corridor runs east-to-west, connecting these communities and passing just south of Brookhaven Airport.

Genealogists will find a high concentration of small, family-owned burial grounds and older churchyards, such as the Wines Private Graveyard and the Colonel Josiah Smith and Howell Private Graveyard. These historic sites, alongside features like Old Neck and the Forge River, provide a window into the older agricultural and maritime roots of the region before the modern road networks of Sunrise Hwy and Montauk Hwy restructured the landscape.