1957 Map of New Egypt

About this map

Mc Guire Air Force Base and the Fort Dix Military Reservation anchor this 1957 landscape, where the agricultural traditions of New Jersey meet mid-century military infrastructure. The map illustrates a significant era of expansion, with airfield runways and military housing developments contrasting sharply against the surrounding cranberry bogs near Cranberry Hall and the meandering waters of Crosswicks Creek. Local transit and economy are represented by the Union Transportation Co rail line, which connects the small agricultural hubs of New Egypt, Cookstown, and Jacobstown. The map includes purple photorevisions from the early 1970s, documenting new residential layouts in Wrightstown and suburban growth at the edge of the military installations. From the heights of Taylors Mountain to the waters of Brindle Lake, the survey captures a rural county border region in the midst of a suburban and federal transformation.